Shinji Fujishita Forged Knives - 藤下打刃物製作所

       Shinji Fujishita (藤下 新次） is a great master craftsman in Echizen(越前） city. He won "Medal with Yellow Ribbon" of the Japanese government as Great Craftsmen in the present world. A blacksmith in Echizen city says that his forging is incredible skills. Actually it is very difficult to forge blades to the shape that oneself expects. So a lot of unnecessary parts is discarded. But in the case of him, the unnecessary part after forging is just a little. 

      His blade is very very thin, so the cutting performance is smooth and the weight is light. There are his fans who loves the thin blade in Japan.