Otanto mei

[kuromido]

Hello All. Just when I think I am starting to get the hang of it---

The first kanji eludes me completely and I believe the second kanji is O or ni but am probably wrong.

Can anyone help out with this?

Does this look wrong to you as much as it does to me? It is on a nice and large Otanto.

possibly shinto-shinshinto.

 

Thanks for any help or observations!

PeterD

 

Sorry for the massive pic. I will scale it down next time

[Mark]

picture is not that clear but looks like Yoshihiro

[kuromido]

Hi Mark, Thanks much for your help.

Here is another pic, Maybe alittle better?

Can I ask an off topic question? When I logged in about 2 weeks ago all the kanji in the text on the board is gone, replaced with groups of verticle lines?? Did something get turned off and can anyone help me restore it?

 

Many Thanks,

peterD

[John A Stuart]

Hi Peter, If you are using an other computer, it may be the Asian language pack is not installed or the computer doesn't recognise the format. John

[cabowen]

Please post a picture of the blade. This looks Chinese...

[kuromido]

Hi Chris, I know what you meen. mei looks wierd to me too. I dont have it in hand now but should be able to get a pic or 2 soon.

The blade does have a nice itame hada and a narrow suguha/notare hamon.

It is in a well made shirasaya. I dont think it is chinese but some of them are trying real hard these days. Pics to come & Thanks,

 

PeterD

[kuromido]

BTW Chris , would yoshihiro be your take as well or something else?

 

PeterD

[cabowen]

definitely Yoshihiro.