{"product_id":"honke-kaneso-180mm-kanto-gyuto-carbon-steel-tropical-hard-wood-1-2-rosette-rivets-japan-1960s-70s","title":"Honke-Kaneso 180mm Kanto Gyuto Carbon Steel Tropical hard wood 1\/2 Rosette Rivets Japan 1960s-70s?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe main kanji marking is very stylized and hard to interpret but opposite it is marked in center of blade  '..(To?)kyo tomo no kai', (a gift for a select group of customers at a department store) and near the handle \"Kaneso\" a knife-shop in Tokyo. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis knife has a light mono-steel carbon blade, no markings as to what the steel is, likely a tool steel. From the era of assumed manufacture it was likely made in the Tokyo area and has all the characteristics of a 'Kanto gyuto' which were light thin monosteel knives with Western style handles. Japanese handles on gyuto are a much more recent phenomenon, this design here is the true old style Japanese chef knife. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"box of old knives","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47792968073437,"sku":"VIN1288","price":195.63,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0455\/3339\/7144\/files\/DSC02476_71e6bc25-bc02-4ae5-8091-591a4880514a.jpg?v=1776366048","url":"https:\/\/bernalcutlery.com\/en-au\/products\/honke-kaneso-180mm-kanto-gyuto-carbon-steel-tropical-hard-wood-1-2-rosette-rivets-japan-1960s-70s","provider":"Bernal Cutlery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}