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    Shin-Gunto Signiture Help

    Hi Team,
    Here's a sword I took a look at and am having trouble translating the signiture as it is a bit more 'abstract' than I'm used to! Obviously not an old blade, marked with the Seki stamp and water-slide Seki decal on the saya. It used to have a leather cover but this is now missing. The blade itself is beautiful but the lighting conditions were not condusive to good photography.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Regards,
    Mark
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    #2
    Nice gunto!! The bottom two kanji looks like it could be Masa Mune.... also the Gold paper quality control label is found on Showa period lacquered scabbards and is very scarce according to his book (by Richard Fuller) .

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      #3
      Rodney,
      Thanks for the input!
      I have both books by Gregory/Fuller and indeed saw that the decal is mentioned as being scarce - and usually unreadable - this one being no different...
      Here's a detail.
      Regards,
      Mark
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        #4
        Hi Mark!,
        Yup, it's hard to make out the details of the decal, I guess being under the leather cover would wear it off.
        I got the kanji info from Yumoto's book and it looks close to there two:
        Masa.jpg
        Mune.jpg

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          #5
          Ozawa Masamune is the name of the smith

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            #6
            Thank You Rodney & Nick - Very much appreciated.
            Is Ozawa recognised as being a good/bad or indifferent smith?
            With Thanks,
            Mark

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              #7
              I am no sword guy, so all i can say is that he cannot be a major name, if i can only find one entry on Google.

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