Yanone Mei

[ROKUJURO]

Gentlemen,

I am the happy owner of an arrow tip, but I can't read the signature. I even don't know if a one-KANJI MEI makes a signature. It is my first YANONE, so I am a bit at a loss here and ask kindly for support.





   

[Bazza]

Jean,

 

I think I see two characters, but we definitely need higher resolution images - and the "right way up" also helps.

 

BaZZa.

[ROKUJURO]

Bazza (what is your real name, by the way?),

thanks for your comment. I had the MEI photo vertical, but it was turned horizontally in the upload. The camera has/is a problem with magnification. I'll give it another try but I am not optimistical for really good results.

[Bazza]

Jean,

 

My real name is Barry Thomas, however "Bazza" (which I render as BaZZa, some as BazzZZzza...) is a colloquial nickname for Barry.  See a goofy Australian movie called "The Adventures of Bazza McKenzie" (trailer 

).

 

Himself.

[IanB]

Bazza, Congratulations a nice thing. Yes, rather too small to see, but at least a real arrowhead. So many of these put up for sale are fakes - what  gives them away is that they do not have the concave 'neck' at the junction with the tang.

 

Ian Bottomley

[ROKUJURO]

Now I have tried to make a better photo of the MEI and replaced the first one. Does that help?

[Bugyotsuji]

At first glance looks like 愛 Ai or 綾 Aya, -ish! What would really help is if you could take a minumum of three shots from different angles.

[ROKUJURO]

Piers,

thank you!

I will provide better photos as soon as I have a better camera!