Vintage Japanese Signed 歌貞 Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Shinhanga Having been carefully displayed for

Having been carefully displayed for nearly five decades since acquired by a dedicated local collector

It has a heavy chopping blade that

and cherry blossoms and gold vines in a black

He is known as the immortal of the Norther Song Dynasty (960–1127)

Vintage Japanese Signed 歌貞 Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Shinhanga Having been carefully displayed forThis is a fine professional grade Deba Hocho sushi chef's 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. This Deba Hocho with a heavy single sided blade used in the Japanese kitchen to prepare fish for sashimi,