Kanji help - knife ID

[David M]

Was watching a YT vid following the chefs of Cote NY. Grabbed a blurry screenshot. Looked like a western handle. Anyone know what knives these chefs use?
thanks!

 

[Greasylake]

Masamoto Sohonten it looks like

 

[David M]

Masamoto Sohonten it looks like

Ah cool! Looks like it!

I’m guessing some sort of suji? Looks too long to be a pairing knife.

 

[Greasylake]

The flat spine makes me think it's a suji that's been sharpened down a bunch and lost a lot of height. Could also be a long petty but I think suji is more likely.

Here's Masamoto's product list, in case you wanted to have a gander.

 

[David M]

Not sure if I can post links here (I’ll delete the post if not), but this looks like a similar shape… some bad translation from Rakuten, but maybe it?

https://item.rakuten.co.jp/auc-tyubou-byonho/masamoto-ct5424/

 

[Greasylake]

Here's an English listing for you, same knife. It's their suji.

https://www.hocho-knife.com/masamoto-hc-prime-high-carbon-steel-slicer-sujihiki-240mm/

 

[Atso_J]

Here's an English listing for you, same knife. It's their suji.

https://www.hocho-knife.com/masamoto-hc-prime-high-carbon-steel-slicer-sujihiki-240mm/

It's either seen a lot of sharpening or been modified right off the bat as the spine is flat all the way and kissaki curves quite aggressively.

 

[David M]

Does Masamoto have a line w 2 rivets in the handle? The one in the vid has only 2 rivets. And the cutting edge does sweep up like a slicer…

what does “purple pattern collar” translate from in Japanese? I found another that has similar markings on the top and bottom of the kanji.