Hitohira Nakagawa Yohei Ginsan Kasumi Gyuto 210mm Ebony Handle Kiridashi. Date of manufacture: 1990-2000

Date of manufacture: 1990-2000

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

Size: 300mm

Profile: Santoku

Total Length: 358mm

Hitohira Nakagawa Yohei Ginsan Kasumi Gyuto 210mm Ebony Handle Kiridashi. Date of manufacture: 1990-2000Blacksmith: 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