Sakai
Here are knives from Sakai, a suburb south of Osaka where the knife workshops sit between the houses. No city in Japan makes more single-bevel knives, and most are forged in carbon steel, usually Aogami 1 and Shirogami 2.
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In Sakai the smith, the sharpener and the wholesaler each do their own step. The brands here include Sakai Takayuki, HADO, OUL and the smith Satoshi Nakagawa. A knife from Sakai is measured from where the handle starts, so the same length on the label gives a slightly shorter blade than from other cities.
