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Japanese marks on a Chamorro knife

Here is an interesting Chamorro knife, probably from the Marianas. Can someone read these Japanese markings.

http://thmb.inkfrog.com/thumbn/house...58_002.JPG=450

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/housecar...CN0276_002.JPG

n2s

looks like kitchen chop knife?
Two files with kanji (Chinese characters) there, the round one 美means 'beautiful' or 'nice'; the retangular one 清炊 roughly means 'clear cooking', literally.

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Originally Posted by koto

looks like kitchen chop knife?
Two files with kanji (Chinese characters) there, the round one 美means 'beautiful' or 'nice'; the retangular one 清炊 roughly means 'clear cooking', literally.

Thanks for the translation. The markings are always varied and interesting on these things. Here are some other examples.

http://img.bellsouth.net/coDataImage...arroKnives.jpg

These traditional knives are still being made in the US territory of Guam where the primary industries are Japanese/Asian tourism and the US Military.

This photo was taken at a shop there about 10 years ago.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/at...achmentid=9827
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/at...achmentid=9825

n2s