Single-bevel Petty Knife - Oni-Zori - Made by Hideo Kitaoka

Made by Etsuhiro Hideo
Single-bevel Kitchen Knife, 5.5 inches
Petty Knife
Oni-Zori (Demon Curve)
White Paper Laminated Steel
Octagonal Handle
Forged Welded Product
Culinary Knife
Sashimi Knife
Japanese Cuisine
Japanese Knife

New, Unused

Kitaoka Cutlery
Master Craftsman Hideo Kitaoka
(Suketsugu / Etsuhiro Hideo Works)

[Established]
1868 (Meiji 1)
Currently succeeded by the 3rd generation

[Industry]
Manufacturing of various forged knives

[History]
1966: Engaged in the manufacture of hammered cutlery
2004: Certified as a Master Craftsman
2015: Received the iF Design Award (Germany)
2017: Received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
2020: Received the City Service Award
2020: Received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (Autumn Conferment)

[Media Features]
?Fukui Shimbun: Hokuriku Manufacturing Renaissance
?Fukui Shimbun: Washoku Fukui Color - Single-bevel Japanese Knives
?TV Tokyo:
　I'd Go Anywhere for You! (Sekai! Nippon Ikitai Hito Ouen Dan)
?Weekly Magazine Sunday Mainichi
?TV Tokyo:
　Pond Patrol (Ike no Mizu Zenbu Nuku)
?Nikkei Shimbun: Single-bevel Japanese Knives

This blacksmith is featured on the covers of various brochures and consistently manufactures custom orders for a wide range of applications, including knives for Fukui Prefecture's hometown tax donation program, knives for the Fukui Central Fish Market, knives for Michelin-starred long-established Japanese restaurants, and special cutters for genuine leather products and Oboro Konbu (shredded kelp).

Loved both domestically and internationally.

Major Clients [Domestic: OEM (Contract Manufacturing) Products]
Aoi Masaaki
Isshin
Kanetsune
Ginza Kikuto
Yu Kurosaki
Kazuma Sawa
MARUYOSHI
Miura Hamono
Mizukami Sensuke Hamono

Major Clients [International: Sales]
Germany
Spain
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Finland
China
South Korea
Poland
Indonesia
Canada
United States

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