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越後玉三郎 / Echigo Tamasaburou Not sure about the maker, though. At least the name and other information suggest it's made in Niigata prefecture, probably Tsubame or Sanjo city. I've seen a few knives of this name and they are basic budget knives, but never...

平常一品 有次 The "Heijou ippin" brand by Kyoto Aritsugu, which roughly translates as "(an) item of norm" or something. They are meant to be affordable knives for home use (but actually more expensive than Globals I guess) The core steel is undisclosed.

Hmm... I would ask the seller about the logo just below the "Tosa" kanji, and the company, and registration number of the trademark, if it is registered. Maybe it's not really important, though.

"登録" (registered) in Pre-WW2 right-to-left style. It could be just a "style" on a post-war product, though. I can't really read the 4th kanji but suppose it's "正" and it's the last one, "天平常正" but I couldn't find any matching trademark with that...

土佐 特製 青鋼入 So, it's most likely made in Tosa, Kochi pref. I don't know which Ittosai you mean but it's not likely anyway. No maker's name and only the logo - only those who very knowledgeable about Tosa blacksmiths would be able to identify the...

That's a Sadamune (貞宗) knife, made by Sakai Ishitou (堺石藤), one of many knifemakers in Sakai. The company doesn't have their own website but you can find the knife here. http://www.kosho-net.com/gyuu003.htm But, get a better picture next time - i.e. going...

Um, seriously? Don't be silly you can't read this... oh wait, you didn't say you can't read this. Sorry if you wanted to get other members to reply on this topic ;) Well, that said, I couldn't find any matching maker or trademark with the name "堀正上作" Most likely...

You mean Ohzaki Touken? Probably another OEM thing? At least for a few samples it is Yaxell, company name on the box and I have never seen a box with Ohzaki name, though I haven't seen inside the box. (If it is just about packaging and logistics there can be regional differences maybe?)...

Ugh. That's a Seki Tsubazou one by Yaxell. Just another sub-standard cheapo. I know you can't expect much for a 10-dollar knife but I'd rather have Tramontina or even Ikea knives.

You can find the official information on Kanemasa M-series on http://www.kt-kitasho.co.jp/kitchenknife.html and the pdf catalogue (on 3rd pic) indeed says it is NKS32, an alloy tool steel, most likely made by Nisshin Steel. You can find details of the NKS32 steel on these sites...

Nah, it's just another Seki-Magoroku one by Kai. They're the baseline-quality knives and everywhere in Japan. Their newer models are mostly even cheaper and of lower quality, though. At around 1:08 and 1:20 you can see that it probably is not a monosteel knife. It's just that he did mirror...

I don't have first-hand experience on that stone but reviews on Amazon.co.jp don't seem very hot. Frequent complaints are; -too soft for a Shapton stone and wear/dish rather quickly, yet hard enough to resist flattening -may get softer in continuous use (about half an hour), which is not an...

Quite an interesting topic indeed. In Japan you can find many variants too, some of them being radically different than a standard "knife". Standard oyster knives https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000FDO4YA/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20...

Slice on the tip, chop on the heel, and scale/strike on the backside - that's the basic I guess? So you don't use sharpest edges on rough work. Also, double-bevel modification on the heel is not too rare in some big fish market.

And this is Global UK Official video? Even if overpriced, I thought their knives are better than that... Also - they subscribed to THE Knucklehead? Wow, you could have stopped that.

Rotating 90 degrees to the right, adjusting blightness.... I think I see "大連" on the right and there can be some other characters on the above out of the picture. But, just what is it?

Oh, on their official Japanese webpage there's a footnote on the glass stones which roughly translates as "distribution in Japan is not determined", which most likely means they are still planned for the overseas market. A search yielded unfamiliar names like "HMS Enterprises INC." and...

No official infomation available on the web, but there are a few sources imply that the glass stone lineup has been discontinued since, well, around 2014 actually. They said that the product lacked appeal and didn't go well in the domestic market, (a thin and expensive stone never goes...

You posted that question on THIS forum: the answer is quite obvious, isn't it? ;)

I would probably return the knife at once, and tell her that a saya is not for storing so she should not have one for the time being.