Thanks Militarymania ... I figured that the items besides the blade were WWII vintage ... I was hoping to get more info on the blade itself.
I believe I have made some progress on the Mei...
The first three characters are in my opinion Yamamoto Kume (and not Yamamoto Kumi)... I was confused by the third character until I found a website that was comparing Traditional Chinese characters to Simplified Chinese characters to Japanese ... in my opinion the third character is the Simplified Chinese for Kume
Next, I was wondering if the the wavy charcter at the end isn't really Simplified Chinese (again) or just a "wavy" way of wrting Kazu ?
This would make the full name Yamamoto Kumekazu ... does this make sense?
But why would the Kazu be so far from the first three characters?
I have tried GOOGLE searches on Yamamoto Kume, Kume Yamamoto, Yamamoto Kumekazu, and Kumkazu Yamamoto ... no luck.
Do I have a Chinese fake?
