How old is this sword? i was told 1600's Kanemoto???

[The_ozzy_samurai]

Hello Guys another problem sword,im yet to take images of this so i will use the images i used to decide to purchase this,after pruchasing i noticed the signature did not look quite right for that age? could it have been re-signed or something maybe after being cut down for war mounts?? im far from an expert so any help or opions on this or my other topic would be great,in my novice opinion i dont think the tang has a thick enough patina to be that old where my other shinto era sword has thick black tar on it almost,thank you

 

Also just to add i did try to search for this name,i found kanemitsu looks more like this the kanemoto? the kane symbol is the similar to my kanenori sword,just not as professionally cut i dont think,

 

Julian

[mdiddy]

The signature looks to me like 'Kanemitsu Saku'. And the way its implemented suggests koto or gimei. Can we see a picture of the whole tang? Also, what is the blade length?

 

If you take more pictures, see if you can get better pictures of the hada and hamon. It is tough to tell with these.

 

Matt

[The_ozzy_samurai]

The signature looks to me like 'Kanemitsu Saku'. And the way its implemented suggests koto or gimei. Can we see a picture of the whole tang? Also, what is the blade length?

 

If you take more pictures, see if you can get better pictures of the hada and hamon. It is tough to tell with these.

 

Matt

 

 

Thanks again Matt,i will get some tang pics and some better blade pics,as i said these are just pics off net that sucked me in to buying this sword,and thanks i thought he had his name mixed im no expert but even i thought it was kanemitsu and not kanemoto, i cant read it all its more like matching up images for me,but thank you again

 

Julian