Sanjo
Here you find knives from Sanjo in Niigata, where the town and neighbouring Tsubame have worked metal since the Edo period. The workshops are small, and one smith often does everything from steel to edge.
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The taper is forged in under the hammer, so the blade gets thinner from spine to edge and from heel to tip. The knives are tall, with a thick spine and a thin edge. Here you find Yoshikane Hamono, known for SKD11 steel, nakiri from the smith Tsukasa Hinoura and a bunka in ZDP steel from Toshitaka.
