Mei on wak legible?

[ribendao]

[ribendao]

Hello NMB friends.

 

been out the nihonto game for a while but recently picked up two blades at auction.

 

is the mei decipherable or am I gonna have to go pick up some flour from the store?

 

appears to be 6 kanji. So far I have ? 州住？光？

 

looking forward to the replies.

 

thanks in advance.

[Ray Singer]

Soshu ju Hiromitsu

[ribendao]

Thank you Ray. 
 

Anywhere I can go to learn more about this smith and to determine if it might be gimei or not?

[Ray Singer]

It may be gimei of the famous Masamune student, but please note that there were later generation Soshu Hiromitsu. I would suggest shinsa to get a more firm answer. Regardless of the mei, this has a convincingly Soshu nakago.

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=566650974&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS954US954&sxsrf=AM9HkKngidoeDRr_Aes8OvMbwY3gZZ61aQ:1695143022368&q="相州住廣光"&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv8MPtk7eBAxU-I0QIHbFMCqkQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=1230&bih=827&dpr=2.5#imgrc=eIkTR2YH-dP1GM

[ribendao]

  On 9/19/2023 at 5:02 PM, Ray Singer said:

It may be gimei of the famous Masamune student, but please note that there were later generation Soshu Hiromitsu. I would suggest shinsa to get a more firm answer. Regardless of the mei, this has a convincingly Soshu nakago.

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=566650974&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS954US954&sxsrf=AM9HkKngidoeDRr_Aes8OvMbwY3gZZ61aQ:1695143022368&q="相州住廣光"&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv8MPtk7eBAxU-I0QIHbFMCqkQ0pQJegQICRAB&biw=1230&bih=827&dpr=2.5#imgrc=eIkTR2YH-dP1GM

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Thank you Ray. I really appreciate it. I will try to post more images tonight in the nihonto section. From what I’ve seen so far, I will say that it is either a KO wakizashi or O Tanto. The hamon appears to be choji like. Nevertheless I hope to learn more tonight once I post the whole thing.