Tsuba Mei: Yasu haru ?

[Itomagoi]

Can some one help me please?

[John C]

Just to start it off, I think the second character is Haru. I can't get the other two yet.

 

John C.

[ROKUJURO]

To my eyes, this is a strange MEI. It looks like stamped, not chiselled.

The first character does indeed look like YASU ( 保 ). The KAO might be helpful for identification.

 

[Ed]

I agree this mei looks stamped, but it could be the lighting or something.

 

But forget whether it is stamped or carved. More importantly there is no Yoshiharu in the Meikan which the "Yoshi" character that even remotely resembles the one on your tsuba. In fact, there is no Yoshi character of any mei in the meikan which remotely resembles that. Same with the Kao, not good.

 

If you are thinking of buying this, don't.  If you already did, sorry.

[Nobody]

Yes, 保春 - Yasuharu

 

[Itomagoi]

Ok, Yasuharu with kao. Thank you. 

I will remove some red rust and make better pics of the tsuba. 

[Bugyotsuji]

Little ridges inside some of the strokes help make the case for chisel(l)ed.

[Itomagoi]

I think the mei is chiseled. 

Nice tsuba but lot of rust. 

[The Blacksmith]

Could be wrong of course, but the mei does looked stamped to me too. It doesn't show anywhere the tagane no makura.

[Itomagoi]

Unfortunately I can't find another signature with Yasuharu +Kao to compare. 

[Tanto54]