santoku identification

[yuri73]

Hello, can you help me with this?

Maybe you have idea about the signature, thanks

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[Danke42]

Per google translate.

On the box, "High End Kitchen Knives"
Large characters on the blade, "Weicai"
Inside the box, "Boasting a 100 year tradition The skills of Seki swordsmiths"

 

[yuri73]

Per google translate.

On the box, "High End Kitchen Knives"
Large characters on the blade, "Weicai"
Inside the box, "Boasting a 100 year tradition The skills of Seki swordsmiths"

i cannot find anything with "weicai"

 

[yuri73]

Hello, can you help me with this?
Maybe you know the craftman or the brand...

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[Danke42]

i cannot find anything with "weicai"

You probably can't. It's likely an export only company that no longer exists.

 

[yuri73]

You probably can't. It's likely an export only company that no longer exists.

I saw it but I cannot identify steel or maker
so I don't know if it is worth

 

[Danke42]

I saw it but I cannot identify steel or maker
so I don't know if it is worth

It's worth what someone will pay for it.

It's an essentially nameless low level culinary knife that shipped out with a million identical copies. It's not a rare commission from Bob Kramer's forge.

 

[RokJok]

If Google translate got the Weicai characters right, my guess is that this is a Chinese (not Japanese) knife and the reference to Seki swordsmiths in Japan is misleading marketing fluff meant to entice the gullible into parting with their $$.

Since I am not fluent in either Chinese or Japanese writing, I defer to those more knowledgeable like K KenHash or R roaduck .

 

[yuri73]

thank you, I decided to ask for a custom creation here, in Sardinia.