Gunto Tang Translation

[feldgrau33]

Hello everyone, i need your help in here to translate this marking on this gunto tang please. And how old is this gunto?
Also i'm sorry but this is the only photo i've got. Thank you.

[Larry C]

Hello Timur ...great to see you posting again

One of the Gents here will be along shortly to help you out.
I hope you and yours is healthy and well and I will message you soon.

Regards Larry

[ghp95134]

*井兼藤作
Made by *i Kanefuji

I’m on an iPhone and cannot do deep research. I could find but one Kanefuji and I do not think this is the same smith:
藤井兼藤
Fujii Kanefuji

Your smith’s surname is something like 福井 Fukui or 富井 Tomi. Note hoe that first kanji ends sort of like 田.

— Guy

[Kiipu]

Hi Guy, maybe 関住人藤井兼藤作? Carefully read the thread below which has no pictures though.
Translation help please

[Bruce Pennington]

From Sesko's list:
"KANEFUJI (兼藤), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanefuji” (兼藤), real name Fujii Torao (藤井虎夫), born April 17th 1917, he worked as a guntō smith and died Februar 21st 1967, ryōkō no jōi (Akihide), Fifth Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941)"

So that would make this blade a WWII manufacture.

[feldgrau33]

Hello Timur ...great to see you posting again

One of the Gents here will be along shortly to help you out.
I hope you and yours is healthy and well and I will message you soon.

Regards Larry

Thank you Sir, forgive me i just could return now. So many problem in real life. I hope you and your family are in good health too.

*井兼藤作
Made by *i Kanefuji

I’m on an iPhone and cannot do deep research. I could find but one Kanefuji and I do not think this is the same smith:
藤井兼藤
Fujii Kanefuji

Your smith’s surname is something like 福井 Fukui or 富井 Tomi. Note hoe that first kanji ends sort of like 田.

— Guy

Hi Guy, maybe 関住人藤井兼藤作? Carefully read the thread below which has no pictures though.
Translation help please

From Sesko's list:
"KANEFUJI (兼藤), Shōwa (昭和, 1926-1989), Gifu – “Kanefuji” (兼藤), real name Fujii Torao (藤井虎夫), born April 17th 1917, he worked as a guntō smith and died Februar 21st 1967, ryōkō no jōi (Akihide), Fifth Seat at the 6th Shinsaku Nihontō Denrankai (新作日本刀展覧会, 1941)"

So that would make this blade a WWII manufacture.

Thank you for you help gentlemen! Really appreciate it!
Is there any way to know the exact age of this blade?

[Bruce Pennington]

Like I said - WWII. Could be anywhere from, say, 1933 to 1945.

It's hard to see from that photo, but is there a really small stamp near the top, close to the handguard? If so, I could narrow the date down quite a bit.

[ghp95134]

Hi Guy, maybe 関住人藤井兼藤作? Carefully read the thread below which has no pictures though.
Translation help please

THANKS Kiipu!
Never heard of that rule — it is good having a knowledgeable native-speaker’s input:

… It's calligraphy rule.
It is necessary to write these two characters by a different style,When the same Kanji character is used in the sentences(1st Fuji, 2nd Fuji).…

Here is the probable kanji 藤 written in a cursive style:

Note how tht bottom could look similar to the 田??


— Guy