75Corvette Posted March 7 Report Posted March 7 Hello I am looking for translation, as well as any insight.. one may offer. VR Jamie Quote
xiayang Posted March 7 Report Posted March 7 濃州住長村清宣之作 = made by Nagamura Kiyonobu, resident of Nōshū See also this thread (same name, different handwriting): 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted March 8 Report Posted March 8 In black that could be 岩二, could you see just those two characters? Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 8 Report Posted March 8 Have a number of smiths with dots on nakago, and the number varies over quite a range, but have not found out the purpose of them. Quote
John C Posted March 8 Report Posted March 8 On 3/8/2025 at 3:52 PM, Bruce Pennington said: dots Expand Bruce: We often see notches (jimps) filed into nakago, could dots just be another form of that? John C. Quote
Bruce Pennington Posted March 9 Report Posted March 9 Anything is possible, but we just don't know. The notches often, but not always, match numbers on fittings. But the dots don't do that. Quote
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