Went to see my friend from Takafu at the blade show to buy some of their steel and found them sitting at their table with no steel. All their knife steel was lost in transit from Japan and the chief of sales Kaoruko Kono was blaming herself because, as she said, it was her responsibility. I told her to blame the shipper not herself. Her father Michitsugu Kono, the company chairperson, was off looking at the sites and she went to find him because she indicated he wanted to see me. Last year I made a knife with some unique features his engineer had not seen before and gave it to him. Because of this and my sharing of information he wanted to invite me to the celebration for his 60th year with the company. I made the mistake of telling my wife Donna about this and the next thing I know she was picking sites she wanted to see around Echizen City, Japan! Echizen City from what I understand is a big knife making city so there be a lot for me to see too.
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