The Tanaka family is a well-known knife-making family from Miki City. They have been in the business for more than 100 years.
Tanaka-san is a fourth-generation blacksmith. He trained in Takefu for three years and eventually joined his family's knife-making business in 1999.
He mainly uses VG10 and aogami#2 in his knives so you expect mastery and excellent heat treatment with this steel.
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Brand/ maker: Shigeki Tanaka
Location: Miki, Japan
Knife type: petty knife
Finish: damascus
Construction type: sanmai
Steel type: stainless steel
Steel: Takefu VG10
Total length: 272mm
Blade length: 157mm
Blade height at heel: 34.4mm
Spine thickness at heel: 2.1mm
Weight: 89g
Edge/bevel: 50:50
Handle: pakkawood
Hand orientation: ambidextrous
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