Shigeki Tanaka apprenticed at Takefu Knife village for three years. After that, he moved back to Miki City, where he forges at his Family shop. The Tanaka family originally started with sickles and other agricultural tools but focuses on their kitchen knives, that has gained an excellent reputation worldwide.
Tanaka-San hand-forges his knives in the traditional way, as practiced for hundreds of years in Japan.