Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Nakiri Hocho Sushi 6.5" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Musical Instrument portability when traveling

portability when traveling

This is a vintage Imari ceramic blue and white Chinese Style dinner plate printed and painted with a traditional simple sea shore with bridge and mountains landscape

This Kokeshi is short and round type with an illustration of a pretty woman on the body

The dish is made of high fired ceramics for lasting durability

The hand crafted decorations are of a wisteria

Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Nakiri Hocho Sushi 6.5" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Musical Instrument portability when travelingThis is a fine professional grade Nakiri 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 Nakiri Hocho with a double sided blade used in the Japanese kitchen to prepare fish for sashimi,