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Hi all, Got my hands on this nice little tip chipped suminagashi bunka. I'm quite sure I've deciphered 3/4 to be 貞 之 ? 重. I'm quite sure the first two are correct and mayhaps the fourth one as well, but the third one is giving me a headache. I tried several searches with the partial ID but...

I got this second hand Masamoto gyuto to act as a primary workhorse in my kitchen and it requires either cleaning the tang and putting the handle back together or a completely new handle. The old handle has some writing on it that I can't make any good sense of. Any help to figure out whether...

I wasn't sure if I should post this in the knowledge section or over here so mods please feel free to move this thread to the correct department if needed. So I got this vintage-ish looking Masamoto gyuto that had the insides of its tang hollowed out by corrosion. No the point, but might be a...

Ran across a good looking branch at a local playground and couldn't resist picking it up as it was just 100m from home :D The diameter is just about perfect for wa-handles so I thought I'd give it a go as a learning project. The branch as it was found and some brass tube for ferrules Pieces...

First up a stainless Sukehisa guyto. The original handle wasn't that bad itself, but I wanted to give the knife a proper cleanup including the tang and put on something of an upgrade as a new handle. Originally I planned to go down the humorous path with screws that would look like the casings...

Without much experience and actually sucking at crafts in school back in the day I'm now trying to get into making stuff. To avoid blowing all my money on failures with serious quality wood I'm trying to scavenge suitable material whenever I hit the outdoors. Today I started putting together a...

I'm working on a yanagiba that I can't find much info about. The brand is Kiyomoto 清元 and I've only managed to find a couple of auction listings for their knives and a restaurant of the same name. The only lead I have is the handle that says Sakai.

I'm trying to figure out the age of this yanagiba. It kinda looks a little bit older, but could be fairly recent as well. I haven't been able to find a similar one anywhere on the Internet yet. Despite all the gunk the blade seems to be surprisingly intact. The engraving looks more hand made...

I'm working on an aogami #2 yanagiba that I can't identify. The kanji in the middle is giving me a proper headache! The top one I believe is 泰 and bottom naturally 作. Could it be 別? The next one is kinda like too small writing with a pen too thick so I can't figure out the details properly.

Hi, Got my hands on a Masahiro that kinda looks like a nakiri but is really narrow. I'm out of ideas on how to find anything even remotely similar!

Hi all! I've been getting into the world of (mostly Japanese) kitchen knives for about half a year now. Mostly I'm trying to find some salvageable knives to restore and hopefully find new homes for them while keeping an eye on gems that I want for my own kitchen. I've also made a few sayas too...