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tanto_dude

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hey im new to this but i wanted to know how to sign my name in Japanese but i have an English name, i dont know much about the Japanese language and i was just asking if Clint Hatcher can be signed in kanji not hiragana of katakana if it's possible (not sure it is) and if I am lucky enough (I have seen it been done with Jesus Hernandez) How do you engrave it without acid???????



thanks everyone, god bless
 
I had a program on my last computer that would translate almost anything.
Ill see if i can find it agin.
 
There are a couple gents on here with Japanese missuses. One I know was sort of in the Storm Hannah path, so he may be a while. He'll help when he gets around.
Added: I emailed him to look at this thread.
 
If you do it via the traditional method then you would use a chisel to mark your tang. I would like to suggest though, unless you are planning to sell primarily in Japan, you may want to stick with your English name. It will be much easier for collectors to identify you in the future.
 
thanks guys great answers I love the luke 22:36 verse its much better that "he that live by the sword, die by the sword" as far as sword related bible verses go ^^
 
tanto_dude said:
hey im new to this but i wanted to know how to sign my name in Japanese but i have an English name, i dont know much about the Japanese language and i was just asking if Clint Hatcher can be signed in kanji not hiragana of katakana if it's possible (not sure it is) and if I am lucky enough (I have seen it been done with Jesus Hernandez) How do you engrave it without acid???????



thanks everyone, god bless
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Hi - you'll be best using katakana for your name if you want to use it as a serious mark. You can use kanji phonetically to sound out your name and you'll have thousands of combinations to choose from, but making something meaningful will be an entirely different story. If you want to use kanji, I would suggest picking a name for your forge or knife shop (or whatever) and going with that instead.

I'll ask my wife for what suggestions she has when she gets home tonight. Thank her and fitzo if we come up with anything ;)
 
I wanted to add that, for what it's worth, I use my full name in English in a half-circle around my last name in katakana as my mark. I'm quite happy with the choice as it's identifiable by folks here in the states and adds a small Japanese touch to my mark without going outside the realm of what is acceptable over there.
 
Clint - my wife tells me that "Hatcher" will be particularly difficult due to the lack of kanji for "cha", the closest we can do for "cher". She says you probably don't want "green tea" in your last name ;)
 
Looks like that is all kana, not kanji. If you want your name in katakana let me know. The site can only do so much and doesn't seem to translate my name "correctly", as in, it's not the way my name appears on my marriage certificate.
 
well is my name not able to be written in kanji? if its not i'd like to see it in kana please, thanks, don't worry i will learn japanese some day =)
 
ya i might sign my blades as my forge but , as i said, i'm new and I havent decided a name for it lol ^_^
 
ya that is cool, thanks, anyone have any ideas for a mark or a name for my forge, i feel pathetic that i don't even have a name for it or a trademark =$
 
i have the same problem. now that ive made a few knives, im started to feel like its time to post some pictures for the feedback. i was thinking to put my sons middle name which is RAIN in it--like Rain custom knives or maybe just my last name which is SAMSEL CUSTOM KNIVES. the day my wife found out she was pregnant-she senn a huge turtle in our backyard ( we never seen one in our yard before) and on the day my son was born it was raining and i swear i saw the turtle going through my back yard. Never seen it again. So i was thinking maybe TURTLE CUSTOM KNIVES. i dont know, ill keep thinking- thanks --mark
 
Clint - you can have your name in kanji, but it won't necessarily mean anything to Japanese folks and, according to my wife, will likely seem very silly. If you want folks to take the mark seriously, I would avoid it. You don't really -need- a name for your forge, it was just another suggestion if you insist on using kanji. Many many many makers (perhaps even a majority of makers) don't use anything other than their name. A kanji mark for your knives is kind of like a tattoo, you might not like it later and you can't easily get it off all of the knives you've sent out.

The name is クリント　ハッチヤー I have an image of it if you can't view the text, just shoot me an email and I'll send it to you.
 
Honestly if you're not Japanese and if you absolutely must the proper way would be to make your mark in Katakana. If you aren't Japanese, studying the language, or living in Japan I'm not really sure why you'd make your mark in Japanese other than "it looks cool," In which case that kind of just is what it is. As an aside, if you are planning on selling knives in Japan you actually might be better off leaving your signature in English. Just as in the States it's "cool" to have stuff with Japanese on it, in many aspects of Japan's pop culture it is cool to have random things written in English here and there.
 
tanto_dude said:
great blades by the way ,especially the shark one , did you make it?
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thanks

I cant find the program. ther is a link to it on USN forum but thay took away
search for basic members.

you could just make up your own like this one.

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