Hitohira Nakagawa Yohei Ginsan Kasumi Gyuto 210mm Ebony Handle Kiridashi. Weight: 322g

Weight: 322g

Kambei is respected and supported by many blacksmiths and knife finishers in Japan

This area of Tokyo was famous as ‘the city of textile and leather craftsmen’ but now there fewer people carrying on that tradition

Edge Length: 197mm

Size: 212 x 62 x 80mm

Hitohira Nakagawa Yohei Ginsan Kasumi Gyuto 210mm Ebony Handle Kiridashi. Weight: 322gBlacksmith: Kikuchiyo In the early 2000s, Kikuchiyo was invited by master craftsman of Sakai to join them as a blacksmith. The art of blacksmithing is physical, the rough working environment of fire and iron takes a toll on the body and many of the masters' abilities begin to wane in their forties and fifties. As Kikuchiyo started earlier in life, he has gained most of the knowledge and skill of fine forging and quenching, before his physical