Name of iron sands

[David McDonald]

Dear All

 

I am trying to identity the iron sand talked about on this shinshinto sword.

 

弘前住藤原正一

Hirosaki ju Fujiwara Masakazu

 

Wo motte Ge ? Sa Tetsu tsukuru kore

以外?沙鉄造之

 

Not sure of Ge or the next kanji

I was thinking Ge 外　as outside, and hama　濱

so outside beach????????

 

Thanks for any thoughts

 

( I have large images if needed - about 1.5 Mb size )

later

david

[k morita]

Hi,

 

以外濱沙鉄造之

 

"This sword was made from iron sand of Sotogahama " (外濱/Sotogahama-beach)(in Aomori prefecture).

[David McDonald]

Dear Morita san

 

Thanks for the information.

 

This type of place name I always find hard to identity.

 

I hope anyone collecting this group of smiths can use the historical information.

 

Thanks again

later

david mcdonald

 

Hi,

 

以外濱沙鉄造之

 

"This sword was made from iron sand of Sotogahama " (外濱/Sotogahama-beach)(in Aomori prefecture).