Help me identify this kanji on my knife box


For context, it's a nakiri made by artist 藤原兼房. The blade is a 50/50 grind, so
it's not left or right handed.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lJpVL.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lJpVL.png)

I can read every character except the third one down on the left.

Reading from the right:

> 日本鋼鍛錬 高級◯料理庖丁  
>  にほんこうたんれん こうきゅう◯りょうりほうちょう  
>  Japanese forged steel high quality ?? kitchen knife.

The best I could figure was it was 乃 or 右 but drawn weird. All the others look
ok although the 高 looks like it's drawn in the old style. So maybe it's an
archaic character.




It's 御 (generic honorable prefix) written in cursive style.

See picture here: <http://www.fan.hi-ho.ne.jp/chikusui/newpage18.htm>

