Eric Chevallier - The Apprentice Blacksmith

On this episode of the Hidden Japan Podcast, I talk to Eric Chevallier who apprenticed with a traditional Japanese blacksmith for five years, making exceptional knives and bonsai scissors.

For more information about Eric, you can access his website here: https://www.desakai.com/

And the museum where he now works is here: https://www.sakaidensan.jp/en/crafts/knife

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