Vintage Japanese Signed 歌貞 Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Shinhanga The design features intricate kimono

The design features intricate kimono patterns

It has a beautiful hand painted traditional pattern deign in the bright Kutani colors

These lamps each measure 6 1/2" tall from the base to the top and 2 1/2" in diameter at the widest part of the base

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It has the name of the sake company

Vintage Japanese Signed 歌貞 Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Shinhanga The design features intricate kimonoThis 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,