Single-bevel , Funayuki ④, made by Hideo Kitaoka

By Hideo Echizen
Single-Bevel Kitchen , 6 inches
Funayuki
White Paper Steel Laminated
Rosewood Octagonal Handle
Culinary
Sashimi
Japanese Cuisine
Japanese

New, Unused

Kitaoka Works
Master Craftsman Hideo Kitaoka
(Assistant Suketsugu / Echizen Hideo Works)

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

[Industry]
Manufacturing of various forged

[History]
1966: Engaged in the manufacture of hammered tools
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
?TV Tokyo
World! Nippon ni Ikitai Hito Ouen Dan (I Want to Go to Japan! People Support Program)
?Weekly Magazine Sunday Mainichi
?TV Tokyo
Ike no Mizu Zenbu Nuku (Draining All the Pond Water)
?Nikkei Shimbun: Single-Bevel Japanese

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

Loved both domestically and internationally.

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

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

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