Yoshimi Kato SPG-STRIX V-Tsuchime Bunka 165mm no-sale 2 x Chest Pockets

2 x Chest Pockets

thin blade this knife is capable of extreme sharpness and glides through food

which is called “single bevel”

The Maboroshi no Meito

Blades like Shindo-san’s are the reason I fell in love with Japanese knives

Yoshimi Kato SPG-STRIX V-Tsuchime Bunka 165mm no-sale 2 x Chest PocketsAbout Yoshimi Kato Second careers are often the best. I know of a burned out chef, for example, who owns a few knife shops now. Then there's Yoshimi Kato, who left his job as the project manager of a construction company to become a blacksmith after marrying Hiroshi Kato's daughter. Normally, it takes apprentices some 10 15 years to become pros, but Kato san did it in just 5 years, and is now running the show. He forges most of the Masakage Kiri,