Japanese Katana Stamp Identification

[birdchild]

I was wondering if anyone could read this sword stamping on this sword. Has a showa stamp that's as much as I could read,

[Stephen]

NOSHU SEKI JU KANE ? SAKU  ill work missing kanji 

[rebcannonshooter]

Hello birdchild,

 

     my reading is "noshu seki (no) ju kanekiyo saku" 

 

 

  Probably an early WW2 blade because of the showa stamp instead of a seki stamp, is there a date on the other side? 

 

   Good luck, Tom M.

[Bruce Pennington]

The Showa stamp was used between late 1940 to early 1942.

[SteveM]

     my reading is "noshu seki (no) ju kanekiyo saku" 

 

 

Close...　somebody else want to give it a go?

[IJASWORDS]

Kanetoki? 

[Bruce Pennington]

Kanetoki?

 

I second that motion.

[rebcannonshooter]

Hey Neil and Bruce , I stand corrected!!!!   I agree with Kanetoki

 

 

 humbly yours, Tom M.

[birdchild]

Many thanks for the help ID. It is not dated on the other side.

[Bazza]

On a point of pedantry, but I feel worthwhile pointing out to avoid slipshod usage, it is not the SHÔWA 昭和 stamp, it is the SHÔ 昭 stamp.

 

BaZZa.

[Dave R]

 I rather like these early Showa katana, and would welcome one into my collection. Can we have some overall photo's of the whole sword and saya, it looks as though it is in a field saya, and I would be interested in whether it is in a removable leather cover, or a permanent sewn on cover. Thanks in advance.

[BANGBANGSAN]

濃州關住兼時作

no shu seki  ju Kanetoki saku

[cisco-san]

Hi,

 

I think this is your man (from Markus book):

 

KANETOKI (兼時), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Seki-jū Kanetoki kore o saku” (関住兼時作之), “Nōshū Seki-jū Kanetoki kore o saku” (濃州関住兼時作之), “Seki-jū Fujiwara Kanetoki” (関住藤原兼時), real name Kojima Kanji (小島寛二), born September 2nd 1925, son of Kojima Kanemichi (兼道), he studied also under Watanabe Kanenaga (渡辺兼永), when his father changed his name from Kanetoki to Kanemichi, he succeeded as 2nd gen. Kanetoki, he worked later in Seki as kaigun-jumei-tōshō

 

I don´t think that it is Kanemichi, he signed also with Kanetoki!

Does the blade has some date?