I do not take any preorders or custom orders for Shigefusa or Kato knives ! When i get them they will just go on website for you to buy without any notification.
About Shigefusa
Mr. Tokifusa Iizuka and his two sons work diligently each day in their small workshop to produce their master pieces…Shigefusa knives. They take every care in each step of the process to ensure total perfection in every knife they make. They only use one kind of steel, which has reached perfection over years of hard work and determination! The forging, shaping, heat treatment, and even final sharpening/polishing are all done by hand, one by one. As a finishing step they use Japanese natural stones to make their unique and beautiful Kasumi finish. All this hard work culminates in knives, whether Kurouchi or Kasumi finish, that do not leave their shop until they have obtained perfectly smoothed/transitioned lines and razor sharp edges.
About Kato San
These beautiful knives are made by Mr. Kiyoshi Kato, born 1944 in Tokyo. He began swordsmith training in 1964, at the age of 20, and is currently a licensed sword smith. He now uses his incredible collection of very old, and difficult to obtain, Tamahagane steels to form his own sword masterpieces.
He entered the field of knife making in 1977 by creating his first hunting and kitchen knives, and currently makes knives in his new Hokuto City workshop, found in the Yamanashi Prefecture.
Mr. Kato uses a special quenching technique, utilizing charcoal and water, which imparts an extra degree of hardness not often seen in regular clad knives.This gives all of his kitchen knives a feel very similar to Honyaki, incredibly stiff with little to no flex!
About Toyama
Born in 1939 works alone in his shop Sanjo, Niigata where he do all work by him self !
He apprenticed at Sone Seisakujoat Tadafusa, in Sanjo eventually become factory manager at Tadafusa
Then he have started his own workshop where he is still making knives only by him self
Noborikoi Kanji on backside is made only for JNS
With Better Fit and Finish and his best heat-tread and steel he loves to use most !
I simply ask the maker to make what he thinks is his best performance !