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You guys will be surprised how many crappy stones there is !! it is like 98 % Now I have not been in Japan for 6 years I have something to compare with Prices got a LOT more expensive, miners hide now they good stones more or dont want to sell them it is super hard now to pick usable stones...

Our Munetoshi is very different from other been sold different profile as well more flat, blooming steel one is worth just because of core steel as well, it self it is similar to blue 1 and water quenched so harder and tougher steel

I am working on something, but with Wakui takes always forever :rolleyes::oops: Both Kaeru SS and Wakui

We don't know for sure yet, but yes he stoped working for about 2 month now, he is very old and can stop now any day, however super strong and will like to come back for work. So in any case production will be super limited from now on, also thats why I decided to increase price on his knives :(...

Yeah that one is for me :D I cant let that one go, Kato is way to personal for me, I visit him first time, was first outside Japan to cary his knives, Was first to get his knives as you call "hyped up " even so he did it all by him self !! So I will keep some of his knives for my self to use and...

Yes he is, please try to cover other web-shops that get Kato more often than before ???

No, Last time I got knives direct from Kato was about 6 month ago, before he stoped all his orders it was every month I got them, So yes it is crazy low production compared to before, and all other vendors do not get any Katos at all, I dont know how about where you live but retired people do...

He is not as good at making larger blades, so I do not order them, they will be harder to fix too

I can only speak on ones I cary, Our Munetoshi have Hand chiseled Kanji, It is thinner behind the edge for less wedging, Also I fix all of them for bends as he uses softer clading material they need to be all checked before they are shipped out, and Have same handle as on Shigefusa Toyama...

Yes all single bevels are and all double beveled is sharpened (microbevel) on stones, he uses Uchigomori as finisher

yes it is just lighting

This is from Achim that supply that Iron: (Bloomery iron not to be confused with Wrought iron, it is a different method and is some thousand years older Bloomery iron is the material that is made in a bloomery furnace. The tatara is a bloomery furnace, too. European bloomery furnaces are...

It is not that simple :D ofc I have keep many my self, Kato stoped take order from others very loong time ago, thats why you dont see his knives in other stores unless they are second hand or used or on auctions also old stock or used, Kato is very healthy man so ofc he can bang out some knives...

I ship quite a lot to UK and all over places with DHL express I never had a knife returned by them, maybe issue with declaration ?

will keep it then for now :p

Very rare beast !!! Was made By Wakui loong time ago, Handle made by Dan

Now where I buy steel for some of the makers, it is for sure not 10 USD :P maybe on some super low quality steel, also there is a failing rate both on steel, handle, stones, machines and more, repairing mashines got also very expensive in Japan , coal, gas, handle makers, box makers all gone up...

Just to make all clear here, I do inspect all knives I send out, this kind of bends can even happen under shipping, I did receive email about it and sugested how to fix it made video on how to fix as it can happen to any soft clad knife , but I did not get any qastions suggestion about return or...

There is a clue what is Toyama made :) Sticker on Ho wood handles and Toyama changed to Stainless clad knives some years ago :D

Will add minor corrections Toyama do not make all Watanabe blades, mostly Pro line, special and some low end blades he get from other blacksmiths As for stones I use long and very flat stones so all low spots on the blade will be removed from big wheel etc as it is double bevel knife it will...