Hello! New to Knives, need help with vintage japanese deba

[zwloh]

Hello, I am new to the knife world but having done heaps of research, I am slowly growing to become a knife nerd and am sure I will learn a lot from these forums. Being an aspiring chef, I haven't got a big budget and have been recently looking into vintage Japanese knives.

I recently come across this vintage deba and was wondering if anyone can tell me if its worth $50? The previous owner claims to have owned it for 12 years and because I can't read japanese, I am unsure if its a decent blade or just a touristy souvenir that someone has bought. If anyone could advice me on this it would be incredibly helpful.

 

[daveb]

Welcome.

Your question will get more "views" in the kitchen knife subforum. Any closeups of kanji on the blade will be helpful, as will a length measurement (mm), and weight (gr) if you have a scale avail. Relative to your hand it looks like 120mm or smaller - very limited utility. A rule of thumb I use is "if you don't know you need a single bevel, you probably don't need a single bevel".

 

[Pisau]

Hi m8.

That's a ko-deba of some sort. Like daveb said: Limited appeal.

I'd probably trade a few stubbies for it, not a slab.

Btw, the kanji read: Minamoto tame-hisa or something...

Welcome.