This knife from Daiwa Seiko, before their absorption merger, was made in Japan!

Thank you for viewing. This is a fishing knife. It is an unopened, packaged model sold by Daiwa Seiko. Of course, Daiwa Seiko, headquartered in Higashikurume City, Tokyo, does not manufacture knives on the side while producing fishing gear. Instead, they place OEM orders with a cutlery manufacturer, selling knives with the Daiwa logo and colors. However, in recent years, these fishing knives have almost invariably been made in China, despite Japan being a country that boasts a world-class cutlery industry. The company Daiwa Seiko no longer exists; fishing gear under the DAIWA brand has been manufactured and sold by Globeride since 2009. Therefore, the old company logo on this item was also renewed at that time, and now you can only see old stickers and signs at local, privately owned fishing tackle shops. However, the real thing still lives on here. As you can see from the images, it makes me happy to think that in this era, manufacturing was still commissioned to Japanese cutlery makers, and I even feel a historical value in its unopened state. Therefore, while I would normally open it without question, sharpen the blade to a pitch edge using the Swedish sharpening machine TORMEK T-8, and offer it as machine sharpened, some people might think, Opening this is unthinkable! Please let me know your handling preferences in a message after your purchase. If there is no message requesting sharpening on the same day, it will be sent unopened. If you wish for sharpening, I will perform the work, including the sharpening angle. Of course, there will be no additional charge or delay.