Japanese knife that I found at an estate sale today. Anyone translate Japanese?

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You never know what you will find. This house was full of surprises. I found what I believe to be a Japanese sushi type knife. It is small but lovely.
The blade markings are pretty cool. She is only 7 inches long, with a 3 inch blade. The blade is actually slightly concave where it sweeps slightly left along its length from the spine to the edge. I dont know much at all about this type of knife. How can I get the characters translated, do you think? papa





 
Hi,

The text on the blade says "Trademark Kikuhide".
I cannot read the top half of the text on the handle, but the bottom half is also "Kikuhide"
Looks like it is a kitchen knife from Sakai, Osaka.
One of Sakai Uchi Hamono (hand forged knife).
I believe that real hand forged ones are expensive and very popular among professional chefs.


Miso
 
Hi,

The text on the blade says "Trademark Kikuhide".
I cannot read the top half of the text on the handle, but the bottom half is also "Kikuhide"
Looks like it is a kitchen knife from Sakai, Osaka.
One of Sakai Uchi Hamono (hand forged knife).
I believe that real hand forged ones are expensive and very popular among professional chefs.


Miso

Thank you.
 
I don't have any info for you, but I do wanna say that it looks to have been oversharpend at some point.
 
A well used, single bevel, Deba( fish butchery) knife at the end of its life
 
As above; its probably been western sharpened for a long time too. I suppose with a good amount of effort it could be got back to how it was meant to be. Just like a good French Sabatier that has had a long life, many many sharpenings, and lost a lot of steel over the years, they can be coaxed back to usable again. However they never have quite the same geometry as a new one. Its a knife and can still be made sharp and therefor useful.
 
I could bring it back... I've brought back worse.

Send me an email if you are interested in getting the blade refurbished.
 
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