Japanese marks on a Chamorro knife

[not2sharp]

Here is an interesting Chamorro knife, probably from the Marianas. Can someone read these Japanese markings.

http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/housecarl10/DSCN0258_002.JPG=450

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/housecarl10/DSCN0276_002.JPG

n2s

[koto]

looks like kitchen chop knife?
Two files with kanji (Chinese characters) there, the round one 美means 'beautiful' or 'nice'; the retangular one 清炊 roughly means 'clear cooking', literally.

[not2sharp]

looks like kitchen chop knife?
Two files with kanji (Chinese characters) there, the round one 美means 'beautiful' or 'nice'; the retangular one 清炊 roughly means 'clear cooking', literally.

Thanks for the translation. The markings are always varied and interesting on these things. Here are some other examples.

http://img.bellsouth.net/coDataImages/p/Groups/77/77561/folders/95235/724969ChamarroKnives.jpg

These traditional knives are still being made in the US territory of Guam where the primary industries are Japanese/Asian tourism and the US Military.

This photo was taken at a shop there about 10 years ago.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9827
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9825

n2s