Single-bevel knife, square-shaped usuba, made by Hideo Kitaoka

Single-bevel knife, square-shaped usuba, made by Hideo Kitaoka

277.20 $

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Description

Echizen Hideo Saku
Single-Bevel Knife 7-inch
Kaku-gata Usuba (Rectangular Thin Blade Knife)
Shirogami Laminated Steel
Chestnut-shaped Spiral Engraving (Thick Line)
White x Silver
One-of-a-Kind
Clear Coating
Culinary Knife
Sashimi Knife
Japanese Cuisine
Japanese Knife

New, Unused

Kitaoka Cutlery Manufacturing
Master Craftsman Hideo Kitaoka
(Suketsugu / Echizen Hideo Saku)

[Established]
1868 (Meiji 1)
Currently managed by the 3rd generation

[Industry]
Manufacturing of various forged knives

[History]
1966: Began working in traditional forged blade manufacturing
2004: Certified as a Master Craftsman
2015: Received the iF Design Award (Germany)
2017: Received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
2020: Received the City Service Award
2020: Received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (Autumn Conferment)

[Media Features]
- Fukui Shimbun: Hokuriku Manufacturing Renaissance
- Fukui Shimbun: Washoku Fukui Color - Single-Bevel Japanese Knives
- TV Tokyo:
  World! Nippon ni Ikitai Hito Ouen Dan (World! Supporting People Who Want to Visit Japan)
- Weekly Magazine Sunday Mainichi
- TV Tokyo:
  Ike no Mizu Zenbu Nuku (Draining All the Pond Water)
- Nikkei Shimbun: Single-Bevel Japanese Knives

This blacksmith is featured on the cover of various brochures and consistently manufactures custom orders for a wide range of applications, including knives as return gifts for Fukui Prefecture's hometown tax donations, knives for the Fukui Central Fish Market, knives for Michelin-starred long-established Japanese restaurants, and special cutters for genuine leather products and Oboro Konbu (shredded kelp).

Loved both domestically and internationally.

Major Clients [Domestic: OEM (Contract Manufacturing)]
Aoi Masaaki
Isshin
Kanetsune
Ginza Kikuto
Kurosaki Yu
Sawa Kazuma
MARUYOSHI
Miura Cutlery
Mizukami Sensuke Cutlery

Major Clients [Overseas: Sales]
Germany
Spain
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Finland
China
South Korea
Poland
Indonesia
Canada
United States

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#TAKEFUKNIFEVILLAGE
#EchizenUchihamono (Echizen Forged Blades)
#TraditionalCraft
#SashimiKnife
#JapaneseCuisine
#Washoku (Japanese Food)
#Fish
#TakefuSpecialSteel

Details

Category
Cookware
Condition
New/unused
Shipping
Included in price (by seller)
From
Fukui

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Delivery in 24/48 h

SHIPPINGS

Free shipping in Spanish mainland, Balearic Islands and Portugal.

For other countries the shipping cost will be paid by the client.

DELIVERY TIME (as of delivery)

Spanish mainland, Balearic Islands and Portugal: 1-2 working days.

Other countries, we attach a table with those that are open in the online store, indicating transporter and transit days.

Free returns

The return period is 14 calendar days from the receipt of the order.

Carriers for change of size in Spanish mainland, Balearic Islands and Portugal, are in charge of 24HRS.