I know most of people here are not Asian, and because no one mentioned here before, I just wanna point out that Kato knife's kanji is so ugly that makes me laugh when I first saw his knife.
And take a look of other knives, like shigefusa(重房), Yoshikazu Ikeda's brand 堺北辰,nenohi子の日, the engraving beauty on these knives always impresses me.
書道 originally from Chinese 書法, is a calligraphy, it's a form of art, it needs both long time hard practice and talent.
Based on an Asian's view, the kanji on kato's knife is really a joke. It's really hard to imagine an old man writing characters so childish.
Imagine this, you let your 5 year old kid engrave a name on a legendary Kyle Royer Bowie, do you think it's a proud thing? or it just makes the knife look stupid?
And take a look of other knives, like shigefusa(重房), Yoshikazu Ikeda's brand 堺北辰,nenohi子の日, the engraving beauty on these knives always impresses me.
書道 originally from Chinese 書法, is a calligraphy, it's a form of art, it needs both long time hard practice and talent.
Based on an Asian's view, the kanji on kato's knife is really a joke. It's really hard to imagine an old man writing characters so childish.
Imagine this, you let your 5 year old kid engrave a name on a legendary Kyle Royer Bowie, do you think it's a proud thing? or it just makes the knife look stupid?