Can someone help me to understand,please ?

[PatB]

Hello everybody,

I really enjoy to read you, and I wondered , if you would help me, to understand what's written on the tang and if you let me know , what do you think of this katana I've bought recently. It's the only one I own. But I 'm not educated in nihon-to or Japanese hand crafting.

I want to thank you in advance for help.

[tbonesullivan]

Do you have any better pictures of the MEI on the tang? It's not quite clear and the photo is relatively low resolution.

[Bruce Pennington]

This might help?

[mywei]

Maybe 相州住?正次 Soshu ju Masatsugu

Looks a bit haphazardly cut...

[PatB]

Hello ! Thanks a lot for help.

Yes the tang is this one.

Also the style of the whole item seems a bit odd and sophisticated to me, but I'm not a specialist by far..so far..

This one katana sugest more questions than answers to me . 

(Please, forgive me for my bad english..)

21 hours ago, mywei said:

Maybe 相州住?正次 Soshu ju Masatsugu

Looks a bit haphazardly cut...

 

Ah.. ok . , I agree your feeling. Perhaps a form of  script ?

I don't know.

Is there a chance to see a fake signature? I bought it 3000€ , but no Japanese  certification, only a certificate of an expert with government agreement . I hope it remains an interesting item..(?)

I don't know..

It's really nice to you helping me.