Muneishi Hamono was founded in 1955 by Mr. Hirotaka Muneishi, who was the second generation of blacksmiths in his family, mainly producing axes and gardening tools. Currently, the manufacture is run by Kousuke Muneishi, a third generation blacksmith whose main priority is forging kitchen knives. The smithy is located in a small town with a population of only 27,000 - Tosa in the Kochi Prefecture, on the southern coast of the island of Shikoku. Even though it is a small city, it is one of the largest knife-producing areas in Japan.
Very affordable prices and manual production from start to finish hardening, forging, processing the cutting edge. Although most of the forges have moved to more mechanized production, Muneishi Hamono remains with the traditional production methods known for hundreds of years.