ABOUT MATSUBARA HAMONO

Tanaka Kama Kogyo is the leader of the Matsubara hamono workshop and directs a small team of 5 employees and his son in the Nagasaki region of Japan. He forge welds steel to make his knives, which is becoming a rarity even among skilled blacksmiths in Japan. Each blade is unique, as head Blacksmith, Katsuto Tanaka-san, hand forges using traditional techniques. The family also has a history in sword-making and tool making.