Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Vase It has an 1lb 7oz

It has an 1lb 7oz and measures 14" long overall with a head 4" long

Japanpicker and the Shogun's Gallery of Portland

and looking like it was used very sparingly

This is an antique Japanese Taisho Era (c

Measures 7/8" in diameter (2

Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Vase It has an 1lb 7ozThis 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,