Mizuno Axe 100mm blade w/ custom walnut handle

This is my YouTube channel and showing Mizuno Axe 100mm blade with custom walnut handle.

Iwasaki 45mm Swedish pure carbon steel Kamisori

We have waited for Iwasaki 45mm kamisori more than 2 years, and it is limited numbers, but they arrived.

I have Wisteria Handle version in the picture, and I have also without Wisteria Handle verison, so if you prefer to get without version, please let us know.  They are the same price.

Nishine Matagi Nagasa making video

I'm making bamboo sticks using Matagi Nagasa.

Composition of Awasedo (Suita, Tomae, Asagi)

One of my customer had a question what is in the stone, so I found it one of Japanese natural sharpening stone book in Japanese."Kyoto Tennen Toishino Miryoku"

Tesshu Chinese Cleaver NO7 220mm VG10 Sanmai Uchi w/ Hawaiian Curly Koa Handle made by Mr. Shiraki

The bladet was made Feb., 2017 by Mr. Shiraki, but it has Japanese style tang, so I did not know how to make the handle, but now, I figure out how to make the handle, so I made the handle a month ago.

Shigefusa Yanagiba 300mm Kitaeji Swedish steel blade knife arrived

It is getting harder and harder to come in. I think that I could get Shigefusa knives last December, so it is now once a year event, and it is just several pieces too.

Shigefusa Deba 180mm Kasumi Swedish steel blade knife arrived

https://www.aframestokyo.com/shigefusa-deba-kasumi-180mm-swedish-pure-carbon-steel-bl180.html

Shiraki Yanagiba Mizu Honyaki 300mm Blue I steel blade w/ silver inlay ebony handle

Takami Chiyozuru style Kamisori

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvYLPGdNbY

It is a special order to Takami Tanzo (Chiyozuru style Rentetsu (wrought iron) / White I steel blade Kamisori

Chiyozuru means Chiyozuru Korehide who is the one of the most famous and admired carpentry cutlery blacksmith in last century.

His cutleries are mostly seen in museums.

I asked to Mr. Amano (Takami Tanzo co.) several years ago to make one kamisori like he made.

It has been over years, and finally, he made one like this for me.

It is kind of large size kamisori, but it is extremely brilliant look.

Iwasaki Kamisori Straight Razor

Kamisori and straight razor are different things, but some Japanese straight raozrs and Iwasaki Kamisori have single bevel kamisori style straight razors.

I have seen those mixed razors in Tosho, and Tomobo, and some other makers.

I have also seen the same style in Iwasaki razors sometimes, but I was not sure what they had made by Iwasaki or someone else had modified it from original kamisori.

However, I saw the same style blade recently in new condition, and I saw the same style blades at Iwasaki factory, so they had made by Iwasaki (single bevel kamsori with straight razor shank and tang).

https://www.aframestokyo.com/iwasaki-tamahagane-45mm-hh-straight-razor-made-by-shiozawa-tadaa45.html

https://www.aframestokyo.com/iwasaki-tamahagane-45mm-ff-straight-razor-made-by-shiozawa-tadaa45.html

https://www.aframestokyo.com/vintage-iwasaki-58mm-swedish-steel-straight-razor-bla58.html

Super Razor S-41 73mm Phoenix & Bohler Steel Japanese Straight Razor

I have seen thousands of Japanese straight razors that are mostly made before 1980, because those Japanese straight razor makers had closed their business decades ago.

They have lots of variety, lots of makers, and lots of questions, because we do not have any collector's guide book or researchers to teach us.

This straight razor is probably what I have never seen before, and it looks high quality razor, and it is used the steel from foreign country on purpose.
It is also hardly seen the blue half transparent scale.

https://www.aframestokyo.com/super-razor-s41-73mm-phoenix-amp-bohler-steel-japanese-straight-r4173.html

Ikkanshi Tadatsuna Catalog

Tesshu Chef Knife Gyuto SG2 custom handle series

http://www.aframestokyo.com/tesshu-chef-knife-210mm-sg2-steel-snake-wood-handle-g2102.html
http://www.aframestokyo.com/tesshu-chef-knife-210mm-sg2-pink-ivory-handle-g2102.html

We recently received SG2 petty knife, santoku, 210mm chef knife, and 240mm chef knife.
They are western style handle with metal bolster.

They do not comes with wooden portion, so I have to make it and finish it (lots of works), but I can pick the materials and install it, so we can make custom handles.

We have also core blue II steel cladding blades with petty knife, santoku, and 210mm chef knife.

Matagi Nagasa Making

I found this video clip from youtube Mr. Nishine is very skillful blacksmith. Especially please look at how he makes the handle:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Bc7miMT48

Meat slicing knives that probably we will never get them again.

They are probably 240mm blade and 300mm blade (sorry I have not measured them yet).
They were made as steak knife (slicing meat and tap on the bump on the spine to make the meat softer.
One of the knife was placed the order decades ago to the cutlery store in Japan, so the owner of the store had placed the order a couple of more pieces in case of the chef might place the order another.

The knife looks like weapon, so the owner of the store scares to sell it in Japan. It might be indicted by law in Japan, so I am so lucky to get them.

It was made skillful blacksmith who made it from the single piece steel from the blade, and the hilt, and tang. No welding the bolster.  Classic style.  I was told it was water quench blade.  The handle looks like Makassar ebony. The owner of the store told me that they are very expensive at the time.

The blacksmith is gone, so we cannot place the order again.

I will be Hawaii Great Gun Show

I will have a booth at Hawaii Historic Arms Association Great Gun Show on March 18 and March 19

I have lots of used cooking knives (over 50 pieces), so I will sharpen them and bring them there to sell, and more items.

Lots of gun collectors and knife collectors will be there for people those who are interested in those things. It should be very fun show to talk to them.

Yoshihide left &right hand kiridashi w/ Hawaiian koa handle & shealth

The steel is used the same as Shigefusa Swedish steel (Sandvik carbon steel, probably around 1.5% carbon content).
Hawaiian Koa wooden handle & sheath.
In cooking knife world, they are just left hand right hand knives, but in woodworking world, we need the both of them does not matter right hand person or left hand person.

If we are right hand person with the right hand kiridashi, and trying to scrape the wood, the blade edge bites deeper and deeper unless we change into the angle to be outer side of the wood.

However, if we are right hand person and using left hand kiridashi, it is easier to shallower scraping.

Therefore, we need the both the left hand & right hand kiridashi, if we have detail wood work.