Do Shoshin and Gimei refer to the sword or mei

[Jussi Ekholm]

Ed your sword has what is called a kiritsuke mei (切付銘) added signature. Those are slightly different from original signature and they can be judged on their own. Sometimes when a sword passes shinsa with a kiritsuke mei that needs bit more research there can be a addon after it [と切付銘がある] which just means there is a kiritsuke mei but in this case they do not totally confirm it.

[Guido]

Unfortunately my friend is too busy to proofread my article at the moment - but I don’t want to let the NMB wait any longer, so here’s a tentative version, pending further corrections. @Brian: please feel free to upload it to the articles section.

Sword Law.pdf

[Brian]

Many thanks Guido, excellent article as always. As the stated author, you have editing rights on the file there, as well as the ability to upload new versions anytime.

[Guido]

On 3/2/2021 at 9:29 PM, Brian said:

As the stated author, you have editing rights on the file there, as well as the ability to upload new versions anytime.

 

I already uploaded two new versions, and am optimistic that we now arrived at the final one. A huge "thank you"  goes to Barry Hennick and Robert Hughes for making valuable contributions. Canadians to the rescue!