Recognize this kanji?
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The top kanji looks most like
堺 Sakai, a major knife making city for single bevel knives
The kanji in the circle looks like
安
But I'm not sure
Given the polished lamination line on the ura, it looks a lot like a Sakai knife, that's one of their signature techniques of the sharpeners there
堺 Sakai, a major knife making city for single bevel knives
The kanji in the circle looks like
安
But I'm not sure
Given the polished lamination line on the ura, it looks a lot like a Sakai knife, that's one of their signature techniques of the sharpeners there
Looks to be on a gyuto. Here is the whole blade.
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That’s right. The 安 will be an abbreviation for 安来鋼 Yasuki hagane, so yasuki steel from hitachi (now proterial). Probably white 2 or 3 steel.
Very nice thank you. I think that’s all the kanji on the blade so hard to get a maker from this.
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It looks like some sort of deba or funayuki -- if it's light, then a funayuki. Ai deba is another term -- means thin deba. It has a hollow side (left, called ura), and a front side with a wide bevel (right side). The wide bevel looks like a step, should be like 1-2cm tall
The kanji in the circle could also be a makers mark, usually I see the 安来鋼 yasuki hagane stamped those three together, but things could always be a bit weird or different
The kanji in the circle could also be a makers mark, usually I see the 安来鋼 yasuki hagane stamped those three together, but things could always be a bit weird or different
Kiku Ichimonji
Thank you I ended up on their store website before consulting. Couldn’t find this knife. But we are now thinking it’s a saji.
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Finish of the blade looks a lot like the masakage zero from Saji, don't know about the kanji
