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[dingo]

Hello all,

I am new to this and like schultz "I Know Nothing".

I have an old samurai brought back during WW2. Its not in the best shape but I removed the handle ( what there is of it) and found markings. There is rust on the tang but I am able to make out the inscription that i am attaching. Any help on what it means would be appreciated.

[dingo]

I try again

[dingo]

does a second hole in the tang mean that the sword was retrofitted to military from an existing sword?

this sword has a "v" notch towards the butt end of the tang. is that mean anything?

[Brian]

Hi Dingo,

 

Please remember to sign with a first name, thanks.

Afraid I can't make out much from the drawing. The spacing of the kanji is important to make out the signature.

See if you can get a photo of the signature to post? Some of the more experienced guys here can see kanji strokes in a photo that the rest of us easily miss.

A second hole just means it was remounted at some stage. Could be early or just a WW2 sword remounted later.

From the looks of it, it may have an additional stamp above the signature? If so, it might be an arsenal sword, but we do need more pics.

 

Regards,

brian

[dingo]

hi my name is ronnie, i have attached a picture. hope its clear enough.

[Nobody]

Hi,

 

At least the last two kanji are 定作.

I think that I could recognize the smith. I will post my guess later if there will be no answer.

[Nobody]

My guess is that the mei reads Yoshisada saku (義定作), although 義 is not clear.

 

FYI:

http://www.militaria.co.za/nihontomessa ... b26d353faf

http://home.earthlink.net/~ttstein/yoshsad2.jpg