Spanish knife ?

Marc · 20th August 2009, 08:54 AM

Well, regarding the "name", what I read in the inscription is:

"Nobre de 1897"

which makes me think the "Nobre" bit is not a name but a contraction of "Noviembre". If I'm right, the inscription would then be translated as "November of 1897".
Not a flourished nakago mei in a nihonto's tang (then it would read something like "a lucky autumn's day in the secon year of the Regency of Maria Cristina"), but a date, nonetheless

Nice old Canary knife, Graeme. The Albacete one is also a beaut

20th August 2009, 08:54 AM	#8
Marc Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Madrid / Barcelona Posts: 256	Well, regarding the "name", what I read in the inscription is: "Nobre de 1897" which makes me think the "Nobre" bit is not a name but a contraction of "Noviembre". If I'm right, the inscription would then be translated as "November of 1897". Not a flourished nakago mei in a nihonto's tang (then it would read something like "a lucky autumn's day in the secon year of the Regency of Maria Cristina"), but a date, nonetheless Nice old Canary knife, Graeme. The Albacete one is also a beaut