Sticker On Saya Translation & Wakizashi Info

[Stevensonbak]

Hello Everybody!
A link can be found at the bottom of this post to pictures of the wakizashi in question. This is probably the roughest piece that I've handled so far, and the tang has no maker's mark of any kind, but there is a sticker on the saya that has kanji I can't identify.
The first kanji almost looks like,"木", but I can't identify the second one at all. I believe it says "77" on the right, and it seems someone used a blue color pen to turn the second "7" into an "8".

The story is pretty standard; according to the current owner, the original owner of this blade was her late father, a WWII marine veteran, and she claims that he acquired it during his service in the Pacific theater along with a Type 38 rifle and a Vetterli bayonet (I cannot explain the presence of an obsolete Swiss/Italian bayonet in the Pacific...)

As always, I would also appreciate any information I can get on the blade itself, but there isn't too much to go on. As I mentioned, there are no markings to be found on any of the pieces. The wooden saya is in very poor condition, it has split down the middle and is held together with old twine, and one side is missing some wood, although the kurikata is still intact. The blade is in no better condition, I think the pictures speak mostly for themselves, and the edge is chipped in places. One of the seppa are missing, the tsuba is unadorned, and the pommel has some artwork on it. Strangely, the mekugi seems to be too long for the handle, it actually sticks out about an 1/8th of an inch when pushed in fully and slips out on its own.

I would appreciate any information about the wakizashi itself if there is anything worth discussing about it. I probably normally wouldn't give the kanji sticker much attention, but it's all I have to go on with this piece!

Here is the link to the picture gallery:
http://www.imgur.com/a/xIgkx


Thanks in Advance as always!

[John A Stuart]

松 77( Matsu 77(. ?? John

[Stevensonbak]

  On 11/25/2016 at 11:22 PM, John A Stuart said:

松 77( Matsu 77( . ?? John

Thanks a lot for the translation, John S!

 

We can possibly infer that the sticker indicates the material of the saya.

[John A Stuart]

Maybe, can't say what the vendors system is. John

[SAS]

It is hard to say much from the photos....maybe you can bring it to one of the shows for an in hand evaluation from some knowledgeable folks? It has a nice graceful sori, but it fell on hard times for a while it seems.