Nice piece of work there. I like the Kiradashi in general but the longer more streamlined versions like yours appeal to me much more and are far more useful to me anyway than the short stubby looking ones. That one is just a few steps away from being a friction folder or if done a bit wider with that same shape to the blade they make dandy folders. I've got one on me that I use and carry quite a bit and regardless of all my latest and greatest in the way of new fangled super steel blades here available to me in my collection, some made by me some not there is nothing that cuts as effortlessly as this Japanese Wood Worker blade I put into one of my folder bodies. Something to be said for old world traditions and craftsmanship when a design works that well. Yours looks much the same as the one I'm using other than the width so I know that thing is a joy to use.