Megumu hisashi Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 Hi, can anybody say something to this sword? Thanks a lot! Eh...I don't know how to add pictures!!! Quote
Megumu hisashi Posted October 31, 2006 Author Report Posted October 31, 2006 THink, i have got it!! Here a link to the pictures http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/nihont ... rowse/f6e7 Quote
John A Stuart Posted October 31, 2006 Report Posted October 31, 2006 Hi, Luckily, I had the password to view your pics. A gunto, WW II vintage sword. Hard to identify until I download the pics and magnify the mei but, just off the cuff, it is a mass produced sword with an oil quenched hamon. Tonight I'll get more info unless some other has done it. John Quote
John A Stuart Posted November 3, 2006 Report Posted November 3, 2006 Hi MH, I tried to clean up the mei in photoshop to try and decipher it, but there is not enough pixels. Could you post some here that have more definition? Not my area of study really but trying to help educates me as well. John Quote
Brian Posted November 3, 2006 Report Posted November 3, 2006 MH, Just go to the How To forum and there are instructions on how to upload pics here. Easier than using Yahoo. Brian Quote
Megumu hisashi Posted November 6, 2006 Author Report Posted November 6, 2006 Was some days off. here I try to upload the pics Thanks for help ......somehow it doesn't work. the pic is 140 KB Any help? Quote
John A Stuart Posted November 6, 2006 Report Posted November 6, 2006 MH, Just send it to my email and I will post it for you. John Quote
John A Stuart Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 Hi MH, I converted you jpeg's to gif's and reduced the file sizes to less than a tenth, otherwise I did nothing else to the pics. They were large files not 140 kb but between 1400 kb and 1600 kb in original form. I really would like to see a better pic of the tang. John Quote
Nobody Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 maybe Seki ju Kaneyoshi (関住兼義). But I need a larger pic of nakago to make sure. Quote
John A Stuart Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 Hi Nobody, I tried to magnify the pics in photoshop when I downloaded them from Yahoo, but, they lost definition and I could not make out the mei very well. I hope MH sends me a better pic of the tang as well. John Quote
Megumu hisashi Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Posted November 7, 2006 Hi All, I send John the pictures by mail. This is all I have. Isend them to an friend in America, who is a swordlover, too. He said it schould be Seki Yoshihiro, 2. WW in Gifu. what do you think. Hope, John will upload the pics. Thanks you all. Regards Quote
Megumu hisashi Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Posted November 7, 2006 Tryed it once more. As John as Gif, only Nagako Quote
Nobody Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 Tryed it once more.As John as Gif, only Nagako reads Seki Ito Yoshihiro (関伊藤義弘). He was one of Seki sword smiths for WWII military swords in Seki. His real name was Ito Yoshio (伊藤芳雄). Ref. http://www.touken-kasugado.com/faq_2.html Quote
Megumu hisashi Posted November 8, 2006 Author Report Posted November 8, 2006 You are great. thanks a lot. So more people say the same. But I searched for other blades. Thanks again, Regards Quote
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