So I’m re-handling a bunch of my knives and I noticed this strange marking on the tang of one of them. You can only see it if you remove the handle. It’s a cone-like shape with a lightning bolt looking thing in the center. Below it is the number 38 or 88.
It’s from Sakai Takayuki and Kenji...
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