Mei and tsuba help please.

[Chinook]

Hello, Please have a look at two items that I recently added to my collection. The mei on the sword I was told reads, Kanetsugu ??, and the tsuba I don't anything about it other than I like it. Any info would be great, Thanks, Mark P.

[Nobody]

The mei on the tsuba is hard to see.

 

That may be

 

長州河治 (Choshu Kawaji)

友範作 (Tomonori saku).

 

[Chinook]

Thank You for all that took a look. The sword just got back from a NTHK-NPO Shinsa and the two character mei is that of a Mino-Seki,Tenbum era smith named Kanetsugu. It recieved 75 points, not to bad ,IMO, for what was probably a simi-massed produced blade. I just had to know for sure. I was going to send the tsuba to Shinsa but changed my mind. Thanks again. Mark P.

[runagmc]

Congrats on your papers and nice wakizashi. BTW, it doesn't look mass produced to me... to my eyes it looks like Kanetsugu made an effort on that one.

[Bugyotsuji]

Nice design on the tsuba. The 長州 Mei seems to read　萩住河治　友範 Tomonori (?)

 

The paper just thanks you for the purchase and hopes you will buy there again.

[Chinook]

Thanks for the info on the tsuba. What might not be apparent from the pictures is that the monkey entering the rocks is the same monkey coming thru the other side. There is actually a opening in the tsuba for the monkey to pass thru. Take Care, Mark P.

[Chinook]

Thanks Adam L. I sent you a PM stating why I think the sword is a product mass production. The reasoning being it is alittle off topic for this fourm. Take Care. Mark P.