{"product_id":"kisuke-manaka-kokuenn-sujihiki-240mm","title":"Kisuke Manaka KOKUENN Sujihiki 240mm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e About Manaka Hamono - \u003c\/b\u003eKisuke Manaka is a relatively young, 5th generation, blacksmith from Kasukabe, Saitama prefecture, in 2025 he moved to Sanjo Tsubame, a hotspot for blacksmithing in Japan. He began making knives from scratch about 10 years ago, with nothing but a workshop full of equipment and no mentor. He is completely self-taught, yet he mastered techniques to forge-weld steels in house, even forge welding stainless steel which is no easy task.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful Damascus pattern is created and hand forged with Aogami #2 and soft carbon steel by holding multiple times by Manaka-san. He then forge-welds Aogami #1 in the middle for the core steel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manaka Hamono","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47276020236462,"sku":"MNKKOKUENN240SU","price":2114.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/9439\/files\/KisukeManakaKOKUENNSujihiki240mm1.jpg?v=1774622843","url":"https:\/\/knifewear.com\/en-us\/products\/kisuke-manaka-kokuenn-sujihiki-240mm","provider":"Knifewear - Handcrafted Japanese Kitchen Knives","version":"1.0","type":"link"}