from my collection

[kyj]

Hello.

This knife was made by Japanese knife maker Shiro Furukawa, and engraved by also Japanese engraver Waichi Tomita with English scroll and "Nanakoji(roe)" style finish.
"Nanakoji" is one of Japanese traditional pattern of metal work which can be seen in Japanese sword fittings.

Please enjoy.

kyj

[Roger Bleile]

Most excellent and beautiful knife.

Please tell me why the legend on the blade is etched in English when the knife was made in Japan by Japanese craftsmen? Was it made with export in mind?

Thank you,

Roger

[kyj]

Mr. Bleile；

Thank you for your kind comment.

Most of Japanese knife makers stamp(or etch) their logo mark in English style orthography when they make "Western style" knives.
In the same way, some Western makers would make "Japanese sword style" blades, and sometimes would engrave "Kanji" letters on it...

We Japanese learned many from Western culture.
And when we make Western style things, we often use English letters.

Just for your information, Mr. Furukawa learned Western style knife making method, and he presented his early knife to Mr. Randall.
Mr. Randall designed the logo mark of "SF MADE KNIVES" for Mr. Furukawa, and presented it as a reward.

Sincerely,
kyj

[Daniel Houwer]

That is indeed most exellent and beautiful
Thanks for showing.

Daniel

[SEngraver]

Hi Kyj,
That is sweet supreme.

[kyj]

Mr. Houwer, Mr. SEngraver;

Thank you for your comment.

I have scarcely seen the engraving of Japanese artist here, so I wanted to show it...
I am very happy that you would like it.

Sincerely,
kyj

[ron]

just beautiful work fit for a king , welcome to this forum and i hope you will keep posting your beautiful knives .. ron p

www.ronpnottengraving.com

[kyj]

Mr. Nott;

Thank you for your comment.

As you would know, the real knife is more beautiful than my poor photographs.

Yes, I will make an effort to up photographs of my collectiion here.
But before it, I must make an effort to take a good photograph...

Sincerely,
kyj

[D.DOUGLAS]

kyj, Very nice collection piece. Thank you for the showing and explaining the story with the mark. Very interesting. Doug

[kyj]

Mr. Douglas;

Thank you for your comment.

Mr. Furukawa sometimes collaborate with Mr. Tomita.
When I ordered this knife to Mr. Furukawa, he proposed to engrave the knife by Mr. Tomita.
They discussed manytimes about the engraving, and made drawings of some pattern.
And we discussed to fix the final design of the knife.

When I order the knife or the engraving, I want to know the thought of the maker or the engraver.

Sincerely,
kyj

[Gail]

kyj,
You must be very proud to own such a beautiful knife. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful collaboration of two masters.
I will be looking forward to seeing more of your collection, and thank you for sharing.
Gail

[kyj]

Mr. Gail;

Thank you for your comment.

As I wrote in my former comment, this time I wanted to introduce Japanese artists.
So I am very happy that you would like the work.

I hope that I can up the better photographs in the next time...

Sincerely,
kyj