Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Steel Jubako The carving is confident and

The carving is confident and fully three-dimensional

eyes half-closed

25" x 17" (width x height x depth) (Top & bottom are each 19

1920) lacquered Suzuribako (calligraphy ink stone box) made of cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of pumpkin orange and black lacquer

The mouth is thinly trimmed with gold as well as two thin gold lines at the base

Vintage Japanese Signed Chef's Hocho Sushi 6" Knife Laminated Steel Jubako The carving is confident andThis is a fine professional grade Deba Hocho () sushi chef's knife from the mid to late 20th century. Made using renowned Japanese knife making techniques. After forging and shaping it was set into a Magnolia wood handle. This Hocho with a heavy single sided blade used in the Japanese kitchen to prepare fish for sashimi, sushi sliced raw fish and seafood. It weighs about 8oz. Blade length: 6" (15cm) Overall length: 11. 5" (29cm) Markings: = Surname