Hey Guys, Needing a little/lot of help identifying some Japanese knives.   Can anybody tell me the maker, value, intended use?....other than to "cut stuff".   : )    Thanks for any  help.   

Bottom left pic...the Cat that I drive in the Summer months and a view of Mt. Lassen.    Bottom right, Clearing brush for planting a new forest.  Nearly all manzanita....so much manzanita, so little time.  : (

Two pics below,  more manzanita 

Abandoned gold mine in an area near where I was logging some years ago.  I didn't go in but was really tempted.

Fuzzy pic of south side Mt. Shasta, about 100 miles away from where I was working.  

Cat 966C loader and log landing....have "picked" lots of burl with that machine.  I can't help it.....when I see 'em, I pick 'em.       

It ain't always warm and dry in sunny California.  : (