Shoichi Hashimoto calls himself a “Modelling Knifemaker” (造形刃物作家). At first you might wonder WTH does this mean, but once you go through some of his work, it suddenly makes perfect sense: Shoichi is an artist, a sculptor, and a knifemaker. Shoichi always design his work from scratch, then makes all the niecessary components, forges the Damascus steel himself and even sharpen the knife: a 100% one-man work.
This blog entry introduce some of Shoichi's super cool work.
