Brand: Takeda 武田 刃 物 工場
Blacksmith: Shosui Takeda 武田 松 水
Production area: Niimi-Okayama / Japan
 Profile: Deba
 Size: 240mm
 Steel type: carbon steel (Stainless)
 Steel: Yasuki Blue (Aogami) # 1, soft iron coating
 Handle: Magnolia Wood and Octagonal Buffalo Horn
 Total length: 408 mm
 Edge length: 244 mm
 Length from handle to tip: 254 mm
 Blade height: 59 mm
 Thickness: 5.8mm
 Handle length: 152 mm
 Weight: 387g
 Hand orientation: right-handed
 Date of manufacture: 2008

 Forged by Shosui Takeda of Takeda Hamono in Okayama, Japan. This Yanagiba vintage was forged in 2008 in memory of a former companion of Takeda in Germany. In 2015 we visited Takeda's workshop and came across this knife and 14 others, but all of them were in terrible shape after all those years in the workshop without being serviced. After asking, Takeda allowed us to re-finish this Yanagiba, so we brought him to the sharpener.