translation help, please

[jakecurda]

I have come into possession of a sword, and have ben trying despreately to translate the inscriptions on the tang.......the makers signiture I was able to get with no problem......his name is Masatsune of the provence of Bushu (Musashi).......this I found on the tsuba, but the tang seems to be a dateing of some sort, but I am just not catching it, as it does not seem to be of any dateing practice that I am aware about.......and I have to confess that I am not 100% shure it is a date, seeing as I can not seem to translate it........if anyone can help me here I would appriciate it....

 

what ever is translated, if someone could e-mail it to me so I can file them away when a consesus has ben reached as to the translation.....

 

thank you,

Jacob (jakecurda@yahoo.com)

[remzy]

Erm Jacob, that nakago and mei looks rather ... suspicious, got better quality pictures?

[Kajihei]

Made in China. The inscriptions are Chinese copies of random Japanese characters, or their attempt at something that may look and sound Japanese. The name on the tsuba is probably the original but the tsuba may be a cast copy.

 

Kaj

[jakecurda]

hmmmm.......we shure of this.......although that might explain why I am haveing trouble translateing it......at fist sight it looked good, but I am no expert......and even though I know I will catch grief, I cleaned the Tang to get a better look at it (monatary value means nothing to me)......the rust though looked appropriate to the age I was told

 

but all in all.....do we have an agreement here that the Tang is gibberish?

 

 

and I wish I had better quality pictures right now, but the answer is no

 

Jacob

[Jacques]

I cleaned the Tang to get a better look at it

 

Thanks to the kami it is not a nihontô :D

[remzy]

...but I am no expert......and even though I know I will catch grief, I cleaned the Tang to get a better look at it (monatary value means nothing to me)......the rust though looked appropriate to the age I was told but all in all....

 

Jacob

 

It isnt a monatary thing, cleaning a nihonto' nakago is utter lack of respect toward the creator and countless previous owners. But opinions might differ on this topic.

Im with Jacques on this one, glad its a chinese fake!

[Bungo]

" do we have an agreement here that the Tang is gibberish? "

 

a dude with the family name of " stoned bird " made the sword............

 

 

Time to pop open a can of COLD Bud and get stoned.

 

milt the ronin

[kusunokimasahige]

I thought stoning was forbidden these days?

 

:lol:

 

KM