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  2. Kaiken (dagger) - Wikipedia

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    A kaiken is a 20–25 cm (7.9–9.8 in) long, single or (very rarely) double-edged Japanese knife [1] usually without ornamental fittings housed in a plain but lacquered mount. Uses [ edit ]

  3. Karl Ichiro Akiya - Wikipedia

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    Born in 1909 in San Francisco, California, Akiya spent the early years of his life in Japan, where he was first sent to receive an education at the age of six. [1] Politically conscious since his student years, the staunchly leftist Akiya immigrated to the United States out of opposition to Japanese militarism in the decades preceding World War ...

  4. Bob Kramer - Wikipedia

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    Kramer initially sold his knives in the conventional fashion: $150 for an 8-inch chef's knife in 1995, [4] $125–$225 in 2000, [5] $475 in 2008. [1] After a 2008 article in Cook's Illustrated that deemed his 8-inch chef's knife to have "outperformed every knife we've ever rated" [1] Kramer began selling by a waiting list. The knives are now ...

  5. Akiya - Wikipedia

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    Akiya (秋谷) is a Japanese surname. Akiya can also mean an abandoned, vacant house (空き家). Notable people with the surname include: Einosuke Akiya (秋谷 栄之助, born 1930), Japanese Buddhist leader; Karl Ichiro Akiya (1909–2002), Japanese-American activist, Communist, author, and internee

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  7. Global (cutlery) - Wikipedia

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    Compared to conventional European knives such as J. A. Henckels or Wüsthof, GLOBAL knives are made from a significantly harder alloy of steel and use a thinner blade. In addition, the cutting edge of the blades are ground at a more shallow 15° angle, which produces a sharper knife that also hold its edge for longer and allows for more accurate work.

  8. Bhuj (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    Kaat is commonly called an axe-knife, because the blade is fixed onto an axe-like haft. The weapon is called as Kaat and Kaati in Sindh, the Kaat is usually bigger in size than Kaati, The weapon originated in Sindh and the city of Bhuj in the Kutch district of the state of Gujarat, [4] [5] from where it derived its name. [6]

  9. Malappuram Kathi - Wikipedia

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    A Malappuram kathi is a kind of dagger, originating from the Indian subcontinent, developed by few blacksmith families of Malappuram from Malabar region of Kerala in ancient times.