Collection: Tanaka Uchi Hamono

Yoshikazu Tanaka is a blacksmith based in Sakai City, Osaka. He has over 50 years of experience and is formally recognized as a master craftsman known as 'Dentoukougeishi' by the Japanese government. He works alongside his son Yoshihisa Tanaka, and they produce some of the most well regarded hand forged blades in the world. Relying on traditional techniques, they forge knives meticulously, doing all their heat treatments by eye, and coax incredible toughness and grain structure out of high carbon steels.