Translation Progress

[bullpuppy]

This is hard stuff. My best guess of the first to is shinano or Shinshu. I have yet to get one right.

[Nobody]

reads Shinano (no) kami Minamoto Nobuyosi (信濃守源信吉).

[bullpuppy]

I actually got my first characters right.

[bullpuppy]

Does this look like the signature of the following smith?

 

http://www.japanesesword.com/Images/Swo ... unto2.html

 

To me it looks like different strokes.

[Ludolf Richter]

Look at my topic "Nice Shinto blade" with Fujiwara instead of Minamoto.Ludolf

[Stephen]

I belive the one you posted is Minamoto yes?

here is the rest of the story...i have not found one in Fujishiros thats close enough for me.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... L:RTQ:US:1

 

If you find one close let me know which page.

 

Bullpup yes its close

[sencho]

put all three together for comparison.....

 

Tim... you know anything of this smith yet?

 

Cheers

[Stephen]

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[bullpuppy]

My books are not at hand at the moment. The one link I posted is the best price point I could find. I was going to have the wife buy it for me for Christmas but it probaby will go too high now.