" Washū Ju Tomomitsu " 和州住友光 . Question .

[rodrig4]

Hello.

Mei is "Washu ju Tomomitsu" 和州 住友 光, but I can not translate other kanji.

In places the mune is round?

The common mune by place is not Ioro-mune?

Is it a bad polishing?

Could you help me.

Rodriguez.

 

PS: I would insist on signatures for duplex it is likely that these are not the same smiths who signed signatures as its completely different.

But still I would like to understand the three kanji that I can not translate.

Thank you in advance.

 

[ROKUJURO]

Rodriguez,

I can't read the characters on the OMOTE, and I am not sure that they have a meaning. They are probably not from the smith's hand. On the photos it looks as if someone had messed up the (MITSU-?) MUNE.

I cannot comment on the polish; no photos of the blade itself.   

[rodrig4]

I attached some pictures of the blade.

 

Rodriguez.

[nagamaki - Franco]

Hello, yes, a mix of mitsu mune and maru mune, a function of polish at this point. Which I would interpret as the work of a polisher who has no business polishing. My guess is that it is supposed to be mitsu mune.

 

Kantei books!  Purchasing a sword should be done with open kantei books describing what you should be seeing. 

[SAS]

The mitsukado tells the story; very amateur polish in destructive fashion.