Unmarked J Russell 'California Carver' Copy 9" Offset Carving Knife Carbon Steel Nickel Stag 1870s-1920s Steel Care We have a left handed Size:6 Gou

Unmarked J Russell 'California Carver' Copy 9" Offset Carving Knife Carbon Steel Nickel Stag 1870s 1920s Steel Care We have a left handed Size:6 Gou We have a left handed version too Sakai Kikumori was started in 1926 and draws on Sakai's 600 year history as the major center of traditional Japanese cutlery manufacturing Exports of San Francisco made knives to the East coast and Europe impressed with their unique design and high quality and manufacturers there were quick to copy the 'California Carver' style Marks are lost but it had the diamond etched markings as can be seen on other California carver listed at teh same time as this one