Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Vase The center design is that

The center design is that of a flower family crest or Mon known as a Mokko Mon

This vase measures 4 3/4" in wide by 5 1/4" tall (12 x 14

there is an old saying in Japanese "There is nothing more satisfying than tea made with water from a rusty pot

It has been well cared for over the past half century

Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Deba Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Samurai Steel Vase The center design is thatThis 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,