ID for Japanese (?) flat butter spreader knives with bamboo pattern handles and engraved dragons

[ravd]

Hello,
I'm looking for help identifying the maker and metal composition of this butter knife. I recently received a set. I'm told it's sterling silver and was made in Japan.
I'm posting two image links, one with the hallmark and one with the entire object. I searched the forums and didn't find anything, but I apologize in advance if I accidentally missed a relevant post.
Thanks in advance!
Douglas

[ravd]

Here are the image links again, this time without the code:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xus_6Z ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y2bL82 ... sp=sharing

[dognose]

Hi,

Please embed your images.

Trev.

[ravd]

I just reduced the size of the images, so I'm going to try to embed them again:



Please excuse the newbie fumbles. Thanks!

[dognose]

https://postimages.org (choose 'Share', then copy the 'Hotlink for forums' code) is recommended. Do not use Photobucket or Dropbox.

Trev.

[ravd]

Thanks so much, Trev.
Here they are: