Signature on a Gunto

[Kyle]

Hello all,

 

At the risk of making a public ass of myself again I wanted to ask you all if anything can be gleaned from this signature? Thank you.

 

-Kyle

[John C]

2 hours ago, Kyle said:

signature

Kyle:

Took the liberty of turning it around. Looks similar in style to the other blade you posted.

John C.

[PNSSHOGUN]

The top photo is a chinese fake and gibberish. Your example doesn't look to promising either unfortunately. The Mei could be:

 

山川秀天

Yamakawa Shuten (seems like gibberish)

[Kyle]

Thank you both,

 

I guess I shouldn't surprised at the number of fake guntos floating around but I kind of am. Time to change tactics until I can at least somewhat read the kanji because at the moment I don't know my ass from my elbow. Much appreciated.

[Bruce Pennington]

On 1/15/2023 at 8:41 AM, Kyle said:

number of fake guntos floating

I was browsing through the Invaluable auctions and found a LARGE number of fakes being sold by the Affiliated Auction house.  No idea why they have a higher grouping of fakes than the other houses.

[Kiipu]

Hi Kyle, the mei is 山川秀夫 Yamakawa Hideo.  The tang markings and stains are identical to the sword below.

Help with translation of symbols on WWII Sword tang