Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Hocho Sushi 5.5" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Jar This type of indoor brazier

This type of indoor brazier was set with coals sitting on a thick bed of fire proof ash and used to heat a small area in a home

This is an antique Japanese Taisho Era (c

Persimmon orange and off-white liner with palanquin motif

With exception to some signs of use and age this bronze O-rin remains in good condition

Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Hocho Sushi 5.5" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Jar This type of indoor brazierThis is a fine professional grade Hocho () from Seki Magoroku 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 Hocho with a heavy single sided blade used in the Japanese kitchen to prepare fish