vajo Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 Anyone has an idea for these two kanji? I think they read: 山 Yama ホ Ho Ho stands when i could remember for first Inspektion. But what means Yama (mountain). Quote
Stephen Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 i dont think yama ...more like KO M9 Quote
vajo Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Posted February 23, 2018 Stephen now the correct sheet Quote
Peter Bleed Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 To me this looks like the kanji "KO" as in "small" and the katakana "HO" . The first might be a name abriviation. The kana might also be a shortening but it might be a serial marker - or a whole lot of other things. Peter Quote
vajo Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Posted February 23, 2018 Yes i think its KO. Ko Kokura Kokura Arsenal first inspection? Quote
Jean Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 Chris, Take in the table the column M, then scroll down to line 9 and you have Stephen kanji « ko » translated just under, M9=ko. It is the Ko meaning small as opposed to Chu (medium) and Dai or Ô meaning (big). Quote
vajo Posted February 23, 2018 Author Report Posted February 23, 2018 Thanks Jean Stephen was first posting the false appendix. Now i see too that it is not yama. So KO is meaning small? The blade is 67,5 cm nagasa? Thanks for clearing. Quote
Stephen Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 It doesn't mean the blade is small. checking the stroke count page it says Ko,Chika, and Sho. Not sure second is Ho and yes big deal i posted the first index instead of second....big whoop ...corrected in less than a min. Dang Quote
Stephen Posted February 23, 2018 Report Posted February 23, 2018 spent a hour searching to confirm, i think it has to do with the steel used, but i cant finalize the hypothesis 1 Quote
vajo Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 George Trotter (2015) "I had a Muto Hidehiro RJT gendaito that had "ko" and "ho" for Kokura and first inspection" http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/17771-kanenobu-help/ Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted February 24, 2018 Report Posted February 24, 2018 Chris, From the Ohmura website, they are both Kokura insp "Army Arsenal Kokura Factory - Kokura Army Arsenal inspection mark: "Ko". "Ko" stamp is not discovered except for the following example. It seems that the inspection mark used the "To" commonly since most Tokyo Factories relocated to Kokura Factory. "Army Arsenal Kokura First Factory inspection mark: "Ho"." Quote
vajo Posted February 24, 2018 Author Report Posted February 24, 2018 Thanks Bruce, i tought so. KO stands for Kokura and HO for first Inspektion. I think that is the mark when they pick up the sword from the swordsmiths and checked the quality. At the end of the nakago mune is a small brass inlay. The picture is bad, so i try to make a better if the sun comes out Quote
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