Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Sashimi Sushi Knife 11" Blade Laminated Samurai Steel Glossy yellow and red with gilding

yellow and red with gilding on the saucer rim and cup handle

Oshima Shun-etsu (大嶋俊逸) (see first picture) in Inuyama (犬山) city (see second picture) with their address

Takahata FM

Burnt lacquer hardware

one cabinet with sliding doors

Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Sashimi Sushi Knife 11" Blade Laminated Samurai Steel Glossy yellow and red with gildingThis is a fine professional grade signed sashimi sushi chef's yanagiba 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. Yanagaba bocho or willow blade knife are long and very thin shingle sided knives used in the