Please help with mei on katana

[Jorgensen]

A friend of mine, who has this very nice katana in heritage from his father and he would like to know more about the blade, as his father has no records on it and I am not skilled enough to help fully.

 

To my translation on mei I may get Kanehisa, but I am not sure my translation is correct. Other is that I have difficult judging the age of the blade.

 

Blade has been shortened, 2 holes, nagasa is ca. 68,5 cm, blade is wide, thick and healthy. Suguha hamon all the way. Mei is on omote side, seems to be a tachi blade? Possible mei has been on cut off part of nakago and written again?

 

Hope some will be kind to share their help/oppinion on this one.

[Jorgensen]

3 more pics...

[Bazza]

KANEMOTO?

 

BaZZa.

[SwordGuyJoe]

Tough to tell, but I'd say kanemitsu and bet heavy on Shinto for era.

[Grey Doffin]

The Kanji are done very crudely. This is signed tachi mei and I wouldn't be surprised if it is gimei.

Grey

[Jean]

Agreed Grey

[Jorgensen]

Bazza, Joe, Grey and Jean, thank you for your thoughts.

 

I indeed do agree the mei is crudely made. Since Nakago is cut down quite a bit, it made me thinking if it could be possible that the mei was present on the cut off part of nakago and then written again to just mark the smiths name once again by the one shortened nakago, rather to make an inlay of the mei?

 

Thanks again.

[Jacques]

Hi,

 

Since Nakago is cut down quite a bit

 

I don't think so, i think nakago was artificially aged.

[Jorgensen]

I don't think so, i think nakago was artificially aged.

 

 

Thank you all for your oppinions. I think you can be right about that. Nakago on the (almost) half of it more aged/darker/rusty in the bottom, than the other top half part. I dont know if it points in any direction or gives some clues?