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Forged by William Catcheside from Catchesidecutlery and sharpened and polished by JNS  Special made with 500 year old french anchor from bloomery iron with (130WCrV5) steel core similar to blue 1   (Bloomery iron not to be confused with...

Aiiwatani become some of my most recommended stones for tools and knives They have Very nice feel, feels medium hard but it is very very fine and super easy to use  Very fast for its fines  Can be used without nagura  !!  Very good...

Shoubudani is mine super close to Nakayama and produced similar stones as Nakayama usually super fine and hard  Sometimes in Japan shoubudani stones have been sold as Nakayamas  Perfect for knives and tools  Very very easy stone to use !...

One of the kind from Sword-smith Kiyoshi Kato utility or paperknife ! Super beautiful collector piece !!  Handmade Leather Saya by Kato him self ! The beauty and workmanship of the blade is very hard to show in pictures, it look much better in...

Forged to shape By Toshihiro Wakui from Sanjo Niigata and send to JNS for Sharpening and Polishing with Uchigumori  Amazing forging on this line with very good tapering both spine and to choil, make it crazy nice cutter  So it was much easier...

Uchigumori finish spine is polished and finished with Uchigumori   Workhoarce From very Old Vintage stock white 1 steel that we bought for Kato  Very rare about 60 years old Hitachi Yasuki steel that was made different then now a...

Spine and Choil Polished Bevel is polished with Uchigumori   Another Great Blacksmith from Sanjo, Niigata Noborikoi Kanji on backside is made only for JNS  With Better Fit and Finish and his best heat-tread and steel he loves to use most...

Spine is Polished and bevel polished with Uchigumori   Another Great Blacksmith from Sanjo, Niigata Syuuji Toyama  All his knives is made only by him self !  This is new Toyama with Noborikoi Kanji on backside is made only for...

OLD Stock You get the knife in the picture    From Tanaka Yoshikazu in Sakai this amazing Blue 1 steel blade !  Heat-treat and sharpness this knives get is amazing, with this super clean steel it is super easy to sharpen it up on...

It is forged by Nakagawa Satoshi from blue 2 Honyaki Special Sharpened and finished by JNS in our own workshop Extra thin grind and with good tapering to the tip Hamon is Polished with Uchigumori, Choil and spine rounded and polished It is finished with...

Very rare Old Stock Ozuku from Tanaka Toishi from Kyoto, those are old stock and he do not have any more of those  Without any toxic inclusions, cracks or lines at all ! Very clean stone  Not much to say then its perfect final finisher for...

Very rare Old Stock Ozuku from Tanaka Toishi from Kyoto, those are old stock and he do not have any more of those  Without any toxic inclusions, cracks or lines at all ! Very clean stone  Not much to say then its perfect final finisher for...

Kokorozashi 志   Brand that is made in JNS workshop Sharpened on Japanese horizontal wheels finished with Natural stones  Kokorozashi can be translated as: will, motivation, ambition, a sense of purpose, or personal mission With this brand...

Kokorozashi 志   Brand that is made in JNS workshop Sharpened on Japanese horizontal wheels finished with Natural stones  Kokorozashi can be translated as: will, motivation, ambition, a sense of purpose, or personal mission With this brand...

Old Stock Aizu from Fukushima, Similar to Ikarashi stones but bit finer and harder  It is very hard to come by Aizu stones now a days so I only got 1 this time  Used after Binsui stone  colector grade    Size: 210mm 65mm...

Old stock Kaisei stone that is used for sword after Binsui  Medium grit stone ussualy used in sword polishing progression between Binsui and Nagura  Mined in Yamagata prefecture.   colector grade    Size: 230mm 62mm 85mm 

Unfortunatly Kanayama died some time ago and this is last old stock I got from Last Japanese trip  price is much higher then before but it is simply because they are not made anymore and I had to give much more for them to be able to buy them and...

Unfortunatly Kanayama died some time ago and this is last old stock I got from Last Japanese trip  price is much higher then before but it is simply because they are not made anymore and I had to give much more for them to be able to buy them and...

Forged to shape By Toshihiro Wakui from Sanjo Niigata and send to JNS for Sharpening and Polishing with Uchigumori  Amazing forging on this line with very good tapering both spine and to choil, make it crazy nice cutter  So it was much easier...

Forged to shape By Toshihiro Wakui from Sanjo Niigata and send to JNS for Sharpening and Polishing with Uchigumori  Amazing forging on this line with very good tapering both spine and to choil, make it crazy nice cutter  So it was much easier...