whiteowl022 - Bruce

Stephen, Thank you sir for the additional information. Bruce

Again gentlemen, thank you for your help in the translation, I would not of got anywhere without your help and time spent. Now, I'm off to try to find the smith and what dates (Time period) he work in. Any ideas on where to start for me? I've been looking in the Nihinto club under smiths and found a listing for Nobuie source Hawley Reference page NOB647 but not sure if he's the one. Any other resources to look at?

Wow, I would of never got that in a thousand years, thanks guys. Question so all 7 characters equals - Sanami (which is the school) and Nyudo Nobuie (Smiths name) or does Mikawa also go with it? 三阿 彌入 道 宣屋 Mikawa Nyudo Sanami Nobuie Or am I missing something. Bruce

Char 4 -5

char 7

char 6

Here a hand written version of what I see. The powder didn't really help but I did get some better pics. More pics to follow.

Thank you gentlemen for the help again its a lot of fun finding the name and then I'll give it a try at trying to find the smith and date the sword. Great idea trying the powder, I'll try that next and post more pictures. Bruce

Thank you very much for your time helping me translate this sword. I really do appreciate you helping me with this . I did an attempt at it and got char 1 and 2 = SanShu or Mikawa, Char 3 = Ju 4th = ? 5th maybe nao or nobu and can't make out the last 2. did you could 7 characters? Thanks again for your time Bruce

My difficulty is where one character ends and the next one begins. I have been trying to read through a lot of sites and find it hard when the characters (to me) are all together.

Hello, I recently acquired a sword and I am having difficulty with the Mei. I received this in on trade and will be keeping it just wanting to know any details. Thanks Bruce

Thanks placed my order also.

Rusty blade - Greg please contact me at whiteowl022@gmail.com I may be interested in your blade if you are willing to sell.

Also guys, some of the edge bites (sharp edge of sword facing down in pictures)) are actual just the black towel I was using. It's my poor attempt to get good photo's Thank You, Bruce

Also any and all information received will not be used for commercial gain. It is only for my personal use only. I plan on keeping the sword. Thank You, Bruce