J Russell Green River Works 14" Beef Slicer Carbon Steel Ebony 1874 1920s Synthetic Nagura forged at Shiraki Hamono by AAEAA 020 4000 forged at Shiraki Hamono by the super talented young smith Nakagawa san and hand ground and finish sharpened at the Takada no Hamono workshop Red Guava: made from red guava that's been allowed to ripen until soft J Russell was one of the very first American cutlery makers and was located in Greenfield Massachusetts the epicenter of American knifemaking and the American industrial revolution in 1874 they moved to nearby Turner's falls and that is when this knife dates from at which point an acid etch was used for the markings rather than a hot stamp