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The Takefu Knife Village

All photo credit to the TKV - https://www.takefu-knifevillage.jp/ Sometime around the early 1300's a sword smith by the name of Kuniyasu Chizuru ...

Yoshimi Kato Spotlight

Yoshimi Kato, a third generation blacksmith, works out of the Takefu Knife Village in Echizen, Japan. You might not know it looking at one of his m...

Shiro Kamo Spotlight

Shiro Kamo was born in 1958 and is the current president of the Takefu Knife Village, of which he is a founding memeber. A third generation smith, ...

Shigeki Tanaka Spotlight

Shigeki Tanaka is a 4th generation blacksmith that works in Miki City, Hyōgo, Japan. Originally the shop was run by his great grandfather and produ...

Masutani Hamono Spotlight

Masutani Hamono is run by Kunio Masutani, brother of the owner of Ryusen Hamono, in Takefu, Echizen. With 30 years of experience making knives, Mas...

Yu Kurosaki Spotlight

A name in the Japanese knife community that doesn't need much of an introduction, Yu Kurosaki.  Starting to make knives in his teens, it wasn't unt...