Vintage Aizu Shigefusa Nakiri 165mm Hand Forged Carbon Steel Blade Japanese Knife
Shigefusa Family Tree (not from one family):
Wakabayashi Shigefusa (circa 1660) -------- Shigefusa (died in WWII)-Shigemasa-Shigeharu-Shigekatsu-Shigetsugu-Shigehiro-Shigemitsu-Shigenao-Shigenori-Shigenobu
***those each brand names had been used generations, for example, Shigefusa had been 19 generations, Shigehiro had been 4 generations****
Shigefusa blacksmith family tree is complicated, but it looks the business was closed before WWII, therefore, this knife was made before WWII.
Shigefusa (Aizu) does not have any relationship with Shigefusa (Sanjyo, Nigata).
Aizu Shigefusa is original Shigefusa, and in historically, more important for Japanese cutely.
Even though Chiyozuru Korehide recognized as first choice of the best carpentry cutlery blacksmith for Shigefusa (the first generagion).
It is a used old Aizu Shigefusa Nakiri which is very rare to see it, because it is over 80 years old.
The original handle was split, so I filled with light color brown epoxy, so the handle should be all right to use it.
There is one ding from forging time? on the blade (it looks all right to use it).
Overall, it is still very good condition to me.
It should be no problem use it many more years.
The blade length: 165mm (6 1/2 inch)
The total length of the knife: 320mm (12 1/2 inch)
The spine width near by the heel: 3mm (1/8inch)
The total weight of the knife: 139g (4.9oz.)
The width from the heel to the spine: 46mm