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What steels does Shigeki Tanaka use?

Q: What steels does Shigeki Tanaka use?

Tanaka forges kitchen knives under his Shigeki-saku brand across steels including Blue #2, powdered stainless, Ginsan #3, and VG10.

Shigeki Tanaka makes his knives under the maker brand Shigeki-saku (誠貴作). Miki's official product listing records his steel palette as Blue #2 (青紙2号), including an eight-layer-per-side clad steel, along with powdered stainless, Ginsan #3, VG10, VG10 laminate, and a sixteen-layer stainless laminate. His life motto, recorded on Miki's maker profile, is 質実剛健.

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