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Like a talented music producer, they match folks and skillsets that complement each other perfectly. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-acaae437-7fff-8c9d-94ff-090470680026\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFor this knife series Toroku Sakai got us connected to this super talented sharpener, Masaya Shimizu-san, who used to work for Yamawaki hamono. He is also the guy behind this youtube channel Hatsukeya \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@hatsukeya\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@hatsukeya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e. His knives are some of the nicest single bevel knives we've ever seen. He is very enthusiastic about learning new techniques. 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Like a talented music producer, they match folks and skillsets that complement each other perfectly. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-acaae437-7fff-8c9d-94ff-090470680026\" style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFor this knife series Toroku Sakai got us connected to this super talented sharpener, Masaya Shimizu-san, who used to work for Yamawaki hamono. 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