Bespoke-made for Yanagawa Hamonaya, a family-run business that has been trading in front of the gates of Kochi Castle for over half a century;supplying edge tools to professional carpenters, cabinetmakers, roofers, sculptors etc. In the Kochi region. Yanagawa house tools are hard-wearing and meticulously forged, designed to meet the exacting standards of professional Japanese woodworkers. Yasuki White Paper steel laminated to soft iron. Blade widths 9mm, 15mm, 24mm. Made in Miki, Japan. The lines and marks on the blades in the photos are the protective lacquer coating. This will come off during the first sharpening.