Determination of the name of the swordsmith.

[Felix]

Hello to everyone.

I just joined the Forum and  I see that there is a lot to learn here. 

Could someone give their opinion on this?
Any ideas are appreciated.

Date, I think April 1945. But the name of the swordsmith?

[Mark S.]

Don’t have my books readily available.  First kanji is Kane.  Second is yoshi? 美

[Jussi Ekholm]

I am not good with WWII smiths but could it be 兼英 Kanehide?

[Mister Gunto]

That 2nd character is tough. Might be KaneMune? Date does looks like April, 1945 though. 

 

Are there any Arsenal / Showa / Seki stamps on it? 

[Felix]

Hello, again.

 

Thank you for your replies and attention.
Here are two stamps on the upper narrow plane of the tang. They are very small - about 3 mm.
Maybe this will help in the definition. Very similar to Seki, but more like Chimata. (Fuller's book). Also in the shape of a flower.
What do you think?

[John C]

47 minutes ago, Felix said:

What do you think?

I can't make the stamps out exactly, however very common to have showa or gifu inside the sakura petal. It would indicate the blade came from an arsenal.

John C.

[ROKUJURO]

Felix,

welcome to the NMB!

I think Mark is correct; I also read KANEYOSHI. Date is correct, lower stamp on back of MUNE looks like SHOWA

[Felix]

Thank you all!

One of these days I will provide complete images of my two swords. The first one I believe is type 98 and today's type 3.
I wish you all a good Memorial Day.

Sincerely,

Felix

[Bruce Pennington]

The 2 stamps are both Gifu stamps.  Top one threw me for a bit, but you can see that the top one is just partially showing the right side of the stamp, while the bottom one is showing the left side of the stamp.  @Felix, what type of mounts is the blade in?  

 

For the smith, I have one other of this mei from @Familyswords and it was called Kanehide on his.

 

 

 

The mei from Familyswords' gunto, dated March 1945