Help with kanji identification.

[Loam]

Hello, I need some help with the identification on this front/back kanji. Thank you in advance.

 

[dehory]

Kanji on the back is easy:
堺 白二 本燒 別打
Sakai white 2 honyaki

I’ll let someone else take a first crack at the front kanji

 

[dragjp]

Looks like 祥太郎作, which means it's sharpened by 野村祥太郎 (Nomura Shotaro)

 

[Loam]

Thank you very much!

 

[Loam]

Kanji on the back is easy:
堺 白二 本燒 別打
Sakai white 2 honyaki

I’ll let someone else take a first crack at the front kanji

Does the kanji which stands for "honyaki" mean the honyaki process as we intend it? Because the knife is clearly not a honyaki and has not visible hamon.

 

[dragjp]

Does the kanji which stands for "honyaki" mean the honyaki process as we intend it? Because the knife is clearly not a honyaki and has not visible hamon.

Oh I should correct that a bit too, 本鍛錬 means it's produced in a hamono by traditional Japanese method, not from a factory with machines.
Back in the days a friend asked that while we visit Yamawaki Hamono, and here's their answer(which is what I translated above)-
「本鍛錬」とはどういう意味ですか？
利器材ではなく、鍛冶屋により生地が鍛造されたことを証明しております。

 

[dehory]

Oh I should correct that a bit too, 本鍛錬 means it's produced in a hamono by traditional Japanese method, not from a factory with machines.
Back in the days a friend asked that while we visit Yamawaki Hamono, and here's their answer(which is what I translated above)-
「本鍛錬」とはどういう意味ですか？
利器材ではなく、鍛冶屋により生地が鍛造されたことを証明しております。

Thank you for the fascinating correction. I read the kanji too quickly and extrapolated 本燒 from the first character 本.

 

[Loam]

Can I ask you guys what about this instead?

 

[Qapla']

Can I ask you guys what about this instead?

堺 Sakai
白二鋼 White 2 Steel
本鍛錬 Original Forging (real meaning discussed upthread by @dragjp)
特製 Special-Made