Tanto translation please

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Hi all

 

need some help with this tanto translation , posting for a friend ,so i have limited info

at this time.

 

i think it is shin shinto ansei 1854/56 ? one luck day in august

 

signed / Hiro Tsuna !

 

and a possible reference to the tamahagane used .

 

regards

 

ray

[Nobody]

As far as I can read........

 

武州ä½å¤©é‡Žå»£ç¶±ä½œ (Bushu ju Amano Hirotsuna saku: a little unsure about 野?)

時歳 å…­å二亗? (tokini toshi roku-ju-ni sai: correct reading?) – when (I am) 62 years old

 

安政二年八月日 (Ansei ni nen hachi gatsu hi) – a day in the 8th month of 1855

堅物験之 (Katamono-dameshi kore: reading?) – This was used for hard cutting tests.

[raaay]

Moriyama san

 

 

thanks very much for your translation of the Tanto nakago" fantastic as usual "

 

General points

 

1. tried some web searhes on / shin-shinto - Hirotsuna / no info on the web

 

2. Interesting section re -Katamono-Dameshi- Kore. ie: this was used for a hard

cutting test

 

3. just to shed some light on the blade shape it is in the style of Kogarsu maru

is this unusual or rare for a Tanto sugata.

 

4. so could the cutting test be as normal using the Ha or did they ever test a blade

by using a thrusting technique, like i presume they used on a Yari ? due to the

sugata of the blade.

 

best regards

ray