Single-bevel knife, Yanagiba, by Hideo Kitaoka

By Hideo Echizen
Single-Bevel Knife, 9 inches
Yanagiba Knife
White Paper Damascus
Rosewood Octagonal Handle
Culinary Knife
Sashimi Knife
Japanese Cuisine
Japanese Knife

New, Unused

Kitaoka Knife Works
Master Craftsman Hideo Kitaoka
(Sukeji / By Hideo Echizen)

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

[Industry]
Manufacturing of various forged knives

[History]
1966: Began working in 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:
Sekai! Nippon Ikitai Hito Ouen Dan (World! People Who Want to Go to Japan Support Program)
?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 covers 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 Kikufuji
Yu Kurosaki
Kazuma Sawa
MARUYOSHI
Miura Hamono
Mizukami Sensuke Hamono

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

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