naval sword

[markc]

greetings everyone,

the nakago pictures attached are of a recent purchase a naval rust resistant steel blade. i have tried to translate the signature and the best i come up with is "toyokawa saku". i am sure that i'm totally off so any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

thankyou

markc

[k morita]

Hi,

[markc]

thank you Morita -san for the translation, the second kanji threw me off a bit.

 

thank you again and much appreciated.

 

regards

markc

[Kiipu]

A Toyosuke 豊佐 with subassembly number of 五六.  More than likely a postwar PX sword.

@Jcstroud

[Bruce Pennington]

Agreed.  Mark, can we get a shot of the full nakago, please?