japanese sign?

[Mortry]

Originally Posted by yuriyuri

Has no one thought of 刀 ? (かたな)

No, I just know a few kanji... But I already thought it could be a kanji, because
刀 doesn't exactly look like カ

[rivanan]

Originally Posted by komitsuki

It means "knife" in Kanji. The Sino-Japanese pronunciation is "tou".

thank you Komitsuki!



and Mortry, yeah thats what i meant.. you guys dont really write in letters but in syllables.

this is the whole sword:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2l5q91.jpg
its very sharp..

he found it, burried underneath a tree (with his metal detector in a forest xD )

[NanteNa]

Originally Posted by komitsuki

It means "knife" in Kanji. The Sino-Japanese pronunciation is "tou".

WOW. Lol. That sure makes sense to put.. on a knife/sword.. Haha : D

[Mortry]

Originally Posted by rivanan

thank you Komitsuki!



and Mortry, yeah thats what i meant.. you guys dont really write in letters but in syllables.

this is the whole sword:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2l5q91.jpg
its very sharp..

he found it, burried underneath a tree (with his metal detector in a forest xD )

Haha, Awesome!
Is he going to keep the sword?

[rivanan]

yes he is haha!
there was blood too.. he thought
but he cleaned it off!!! i told him not to do but he already did, lol...
he thought it was nasty and freaky to leave it on hahaha

well you find a lot of weird metal things in the ground.

are you living in Japan Mortry? in Holland -where I live- a lot of people have MD's haha

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by yuriyuri

Seriously, has no one thought of 刀?

Edit: Just read komitsuki's post.
Missed it because of romaji

Yuri, I was thinking the same thing. I kept scrolling down the page and wondering "WHEN WILL SOMEONE REALIZE IT IS 刀?"

It is, after all, a really famous Japanese word: katana.

It is hands-down, no-question-about-it 刀.

And if I could make an amateur evaluation, judging by the fact that there is no guard on the hilt, it's likely a crappy, worthless sword given to a Japanese soldier during WWII. Japan mass-produced poor quality ones during WWII because quality ones take an extremely long time to make (and cost a lot of money!).

Since OP hasn't said where he's from in his OP (too lazy to read elsewhere), I'm going to assume he's an American. A lot of American soldiers brought these crummy things home as souvenirs after the war. They're all pretty much worthless.

Another way to check on quality is to see how deeply into the hilt the blade extends. It should extend very deeply if it is high quality, because that enhances stability and strength.

Edit I see OP hails from the Netherlands. Maybe it was the same soldier situation as with the US?

[Mortry]

Originally Posted by rivanan

yes he is haha!
there was blood too.. he thought
but he cleaned it off!!! i told him not to do but he already did, lol...
he thought it was nasty and freaky to leave it on hahaha

well you find a lot of weird metal things in the ground.

are you living in Japan Mortry? in Holland -where I live- a lot of people have MD's haha

No, I live in Holland too..
Ik wist niet dat er veel mensen een MD hadden hier

[rivanan]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

Yuri, I was thinking the same thing. I kept scrolling down the page and wondering "WHEN WILL SOMEONE REALIZE IT IS 刀?"

It is, after all, a really famous Japanese word: katana.

It is hands-down, no-question-about-it 刀.

And if I could make an amateur evaluation, judging by the fact that there is no guard on the hilt, it's likely a crappy, worthless sword given to a Japanese soldier during WWII. Japan mass-produced poor quality ones during WWII because quality ones take an extremely long time to make (and cost a lot of money!).

Since OP hasn't said where he's from in his OP (too lazy to read elsewhere), I'm going to assume he's an American. A lot of American soldiers brought these crummy things home as souvenirs after the war. They're all pretty much worthless.

Another way to check on quality is to see how deeply into the hilt the blade extends. It should extend very deeply if it is high quality, because that enhances stability and strength.

thanks for the evaluation!
we obviously didnt think it is worth anything.. its just very cool to find a sword, deep in the ground haha.. we think someone has hidden it, years ago because its very unlikely to lose it, i guess.

yes well how can you see how deep the blade extends into the hilt? you should break it open right?

[rivanan]

Originally Posted by Mortry

No, I live in Holland too..
Ik wist niet dat er veel mensen een MD hadden hier

Lol, maar ben je wel japans of dat ook niet?
haha ja je zou je echt verbazen over de hoeveelheid metaaldetector gebruikers ^^ ze hebben ook hun eigen forum (pieppiep.nl)

[rivanan]

@ Kyle,

the park were the sword was found, was found/created AFTER the second world war.. so it could be, that a former soldier burried it after the war.. concerning the condition of the hilt...
the sword was held in a scabbard, so it still shines and is preserverd better