Yoshimi Kato SPG-STRIX V-Tsuchime Bunka 165mm no-sale The Maboroshi no Meito

The Maboroshi no Meito

thin blade this knife is capable of extreme sharpness and glides through food

This beautiful Damascus pattern is created and hand forged with Aogami #2 and soft carbon steel by holding multiple times by Manaka-san

that gorgeous hunk of gluten deserves to be sliced with the finest of serrations

He also gives the blades a special edge

Yoshimi Kato SPG-STRIX V-Tsuchime Bunka 165mm no-sale The Maboroshi no MeitoAbout Yoshimi Kato Second careers are often the best. I know of a burned out chef, for example, who owns a few knife shops now. Then there's Yoshimi Kato, who left his job as the project manager of a construction company to become a blacksmith after marrying Hiroshi Kato's daughter. Normally, it takes apprentices some 10 15 years to become pros, but Kato san did it in just 5 years, and is now running the show. He forges most of the Masakage Kiri,