Need help with translaion

[samurai1]

Please any help with translation would be great.

 

Thank you

[Mark]

smiths name is Sukemitsu he lived in Seki, not sure about his personal name i would have to look it up.

[Stephen]

perhaps Fukuda? for the first name

[mdiddy]

Here is a link from Stein's site: http://www.geocities.com/alchemyst/oshi ... kemits.jpg

[samurai1]

Thank you for your help new to site and to swords I am glad I join.

[samurai1]

Thank you for your help its a nice sword but missing handle does anyone have one for sale?

[Stephen]

with the same' cover saya and two hangers yu'll want to find a Navy tsuka with black same'.

[kusunokimasahige]

Indeed... id CAREFULLY remove the leather.....

 

KM

[samurai1]

UNABLE TO REMOVE LEATHER COVER SHRUNK TIGHT IN PLACE. WHY WOULD I WANT TO REMOVE?

[kusunokimasahige]

Because if you are lucky, and if the leather is not glued on, the entire saya is covered in black rayskin, which greatly adds and enhances the sword...

 

 

 

 

KM

[Grey Doffin]

Be very careful with this blade. Without the tsuka and mekugi to lock it in place, the blade bottoms out inside the saya and the kissaki is easily broken. 2 blocks of wood with holes bored in the right places, and a dowel through those holes and the mekugi-ana in the nakago, the whole held together with a stout rubber band, will limit the travel of the blade into the saya.

Grey

[Brian]

Please sign all posts with a name as per the rules, listen to Grey's advice, and also know that there is almost NO chance a new tsuka (handle) is going to fit this sword. They are all hand fitted and not swappable without a lot of fitting. You would need a professional to make it fit or make a new one for you. They might strip a tsuka for all the fittings, make a new wood core and they replace the fittings.

 

Brian