Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - signed katana for id and discussion please

mariusgmioc · 11th November 2017, 04:42 PM

Hello,

The photo of the nakago with the signature is quite dark making the signature hardly readable. Also please note the writing is on vertical, with the mekugi-ana (hole for the mekugi) at the top, so the photo of the nakago should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise.

You may want to address this question to the Nihonto community from the Nihonto Message Board forum.

http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/index.php

Good luck!

PS: All I can say is that it appears to be a good sword in WWII Japanese army Gunto Koshirae.

11th November 2017, 04:42 PM	#2
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,869	Hello, The photo of the nakago with the signature is quite dark making the signature hardly readable. Also please note the writing is on vertical, with the mekugi-ana (hole for the mekugi) at the top, so the photo of the nakago should be rotated 90 degrees clockwise. You may want to address this question to the Nihonto community from the Nihonto Message Board forum. http://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/index.php Good luck! PS: All I can say is that it appears to be a good sword in WWII Japanese army Gunto Koshirae.