I think it’s best to ask the retailer. If the sharpener is undisclosed, then we can’t say it for sure. What I can say is that the sharpener of Mr. Ikeda’s Honyaki lines is usually Mr. Shotaro Nomura, but I don’t know if it applies for 100% of the knives. Pictures of the knife might help but it’s usually hard to tell with certainty.
Ahh got it. Retailer has yet to come back with that information. But based on my research on kkf. There's 3 potential Master. Shotaro Nomura, Ino shinpei and kasahara. So just being really not patient
I know you have one for sale awesome price too and that choil.who's the sharperner on yours?
Not sure, I wouldn't be surprised if nomura. I also just got a custom ironwood saya for it, so it may be staying for the time being
yea that's what i thought at first too, but seeing the tang, there could be a slight centering error from angle. anyway i won't know until the knife arrive in a few days
I think he does some double bevel, I got one from Migoto that’s suppose to be sharpened by him.
yes i do have a kikumori white1 dammy which is by him also
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Do you have some better pictures where we can also see the tang and the backside of the knife? In any case, I've seen quite a few similar Sakai Hokushin white 2 honyaki gyutos forged by Mr. Ikeda and sharpened by Mr. Nomura in the last couple of years, so it could definitely be him but no guarantee. He's mostly ok with being disclosed as sharpener so maybe the retailer can confirm whether it was him or not.
Sure. Its still the holidays and they have yet to come back with details. I match the knife with my other knife by Nomura san and the grind seems to be consistent. Definitely not Shinpei san as his is way thinner. Also i think you are right that the convex is on the left side and the right side is flat
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Allright the retailer finally came back, he says sharpener is Hideki Ino, from Ino Tadashi cutlery. Ino as in Ino shinpei family?
