zuiho Posted June 11, 2022 Report Posted June 11, 2022 Hello, I have a silver-foiled "cat scratch" habaki attached to a handachi mounted katana. The mounts are of better-than-average quality. The curious thing is that the habaki appears to have a kanji chiseled on the inner surface of one side. I interpret it as "Hisa". There are also two shallow and small marks that are not chiseled. A single kanji does not seem to constitute a signature in most cases and perhaps not here, either. I did find an English interpretation of "Hisa" as meaning "forever" or "long-lasting" In this case, not a signature but a guarantee of quality ? Could it mean something like "guaranteed for the life of the sword'' ? The last reference I found to an inside-signed habaki in this forum was in May of 2020. The consensus then was that the marks were random. Photos are provided below. Bill G. Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted June 11, 2022 Report Posted June 11, 2022 More likely the name of the Shirogané-Shi in short form. EG 久松 Hisamatsu etc.(?) 1 Quote
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