NihontoWatch原沖光刀匠は寛と称し、父の初代沖光が興した包丁など打刃物業「隠岐沖光刃物」の二代目で、昭和三年の生まれ。子供の頃から父の傍らで鍛冶の手伝いをし、戦時中は陸軍の受命刀工に認定された父を補佐して刃味の良い軍刀を鍛造していた。その技術を受け継ぎ、戦後再び打刃物を製作する傍らで備前古作の再現を研究し、殊に長舩長光を想わせる互の目丁子出来を得意としている。
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As written by the shop
Shimane · around 1926-1989
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Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
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