Jika tabi boots translation help needed with hand written kanji

[Leo]

Evening all

 

Recently got these from a friend, and whats interesting Is the kanji hand written on them.

Can anyone help with the translation please, also was this normal to see writing on them

 

Thanks

[Leo]

Boots

[Leo]

Boots

[Leo]

Boots

[Eric Queen]

You are showing them upside down. Komatsu

 

小松

[Leo]

You are showing them upside down. Komatsu

 

小松[/size]

 

Thanks Eric

 

Was it normal for these boots to be named like this, I like the kanji on the front of them

[tiger41]

Leo,

Marking personal items and equipment was common for Japanese soldiers and sailors and they marked everything with their name. More often the placement and method they used was what ever their imagination could come up with. You see that in the different pocket patches, names in and on helmets and headgear, cloth name tags on uniforms, flight gear (gloves, boots helmets and goggles), rifles slings and the list goes on and on. I frankly believe Its one of the things that makes some Japanese items so collectible. Kanji is a beautiful written language and its adds so much to a military items appearance and appeal......and often to the price of an item. I've seen several tabi's with names painted or written on them (more on the inside) seeing how your tabi's are marked does not surprise me. Some soles of the tabi's are plain but some often have interesting manufacturers markings, or symbols as do the metal clips that fasten them on the back of each shoe. Maybe even a label on the interior.

Hope this helps,

tiger41

[Leo]

Leo,

Marking personal items and equipment was common for Japanese soldiers and sailors and they marked everything with their name. More often the placement and method they used was what ever their imagination could come up with. You see that in the different pocket patches, names in and on helmets and headgear, cloth name tags on uniforms, flight gear (gloves, boots helmets and goggles), rifles slings and the list goes on and on. I frankly believe Its one of the things that makes some Japanese items so collectible. Kanji is a beautiful written language and its adds so much to a military items appearance and appeal......and often to the price of an item. I've seen several tabi's with names painted or written on them (more on the inside) seeing how your tabi's are marked does not surprise me. Some soles of the tabi's are plain but some often have interesting manufacturers markings, or symbols as do the metal clips that fasten them on the back of each shoe. Maybe even a label on the interior.

Hope this helps,

tiger41

Thanks Tiger

As always a very informative response with lots of details. I personally liked these due to the name on the front