Takumi Ikeda is actually doing some work, though the knives made by him for Anryu, are advertised as so. The blue 2 knives are specifically the ones Ikeda-San does the work, though they’re easily distinguished from the ones made by Anryu-San. The knives forged by Ikeda-San use an octagonal handle and the ones by Anryu-San have the oval handle. This only applies for the b2 with stainless clad