Single-bevel , square usuba, by Hideo Kitaoka

Made by Hideo Echizen
Single-bevel , 6 inches
Square Usuba
White paper Damascus
Tsurigane octagonal handle
Culinary
Sashimi
Japanese cuisine
Japanese

New, unused

Kitaoka Works
Master Craftsman Hideo Kitaoka
(Sukeshi - Made by Hideo Echizen)

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

[Business Type]
Manufacturing of various forged

[History]
1966: Engaged in the production of forged blades
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 (World! I 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

This blacksmith is featured on the covers of various brochures, and consistently manufactures custom orders for a wide range of applications, including as return gifts for Fukui Prefecture's hometown tax donations, for the Fukui Central Fish Market, 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
Sensuke Mizukami Hamono

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

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