Kato, Kiyoshi
"Kiyoshi Kato, born 1944 in Tokyo. He began sword-smith training in 1964, at the age of 20, and is currently a licensed sword smith. He now uses his incredible collection of very old, and difficult to obtain, Tamahagane steels to form his own sword masterpieces. He entered the field of knife making in 1977 by creating his first hunting and kitchen knives, and made knives in his Hokuto City workshop, found in the Yamanashi Prefecture." He has since retired.
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