Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Vase Japanpicker and the Shogun's Gallery

Japanpicker and the Shogun's Gallery of Portland

The pine are a symbol of strength and longevity in Japan

This is an antique Japanese Taisho Era (c

It has been well cared for over the past half century

cracks or hairlines though there are a few spot of enamel glaze missing

Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Vase Japanpicker and the Shogun's GalleryThis is a fine professional grade Deba Hocho sushi chef's knife from the mid to late 20th century. Made using the same methods used to create samurai swords. The blade was hand forged from a combination of hard high carbon white steel forge welded onto a piece of soft wrought iron. After forging and shaping it was set into a Magnolia wood handle. This Deba Hocho with a heavy single sided blade used in the Japanese kitchen to prepare fish for sashimi,