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Joseph Rodgers & Sons Carving Set Carbon Steel Sheffield Argentine Export 1880s 1900s Fine Each piece is handcrafted utilizing Vintage Wusthof 9 Each piece is handcrafted utilizing the highest grade of solid cherry and walnut hardwoods Originally a saw making operation Heiji became famous for their saws but business declined as disposible saws enterred the Japanese market in the 1960s and 70s at which point 5th generaton Heiji blacksmith (and Osamu's father) Yoshifumi Takeishi went to work with Usui Kengo in Niigata to learn knife making and was also introduced to Shigeyoshi Iwasaki who helped him further master his smithing large numbers of these were heated for days on end at high temperatures and the resulting bars were broken up (it would break or shear rather than bend once carbon added hence 'shear' steel) and forged welded into a larger mass Many of these process were in use for hundreds of years in Sheffield which really held its strength through the massive amount of low priced skilled labor available in Sheffield