Tottori Nakiri related_knives A portrait of the Gentemstick

A portrait of the Gentemstick Family by Amado Stachenfeld

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While Sakai City near Osaka is well known for having a high concentration of skilled bladesmiths

Care: **For the first few uses please do not use with hot liquid foods

Tottori Nakiri related_knives A portrait of the GentemstickA new nakiri knife made in collaboration with Otsuka Hamono from Tottori, Japan. While Sakai City near Osaka is well known for having a high concentration of skilled bladesmiths, Tottori is located in the region in Western Japan, formerly known as Inaba, famous for the iron rich sand which is used to make high quality Japanese blade steels. The few remaining bladesmiths in this sparsely populated region are deep with their craft. Tottori in particular