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Osamu Tomita Higo Naifu Shiro Tsuchime -Ran Ba-, hammer forged.
Tomita Higo Naifu Shiro 105 mm
This Japanese Higo knife has a core of Japanese Shirogami # 2 "White paper" carbon steel (non-stainless) with an outer layer and handle of soft and rolled carbonsteel.
This double-sided sharpened knife is completely forged by hand by master smith Tomita-san who passed away recently. The blade is sturdy (4 mm thick) and manually sharpened and is very easy to sharpen yourself. Note that the stated length has been measured incl. The Chikiri (lever), the cutting length of the blade with a 100 mm Higonokami is approximately 75 mm. This is measured according to the traditional Japanese method.
- Blade length (from the tip to the Chikiri): 105 mm
- Total length: 172 mm
- Weight: 85-95 gram
- Steel type: core steel: Japanese Shirogami # 2 steel (not stainless), Hammer Forged Sanmai forged with carbonteel on the outside.
- Hardness: 61-62 (Rockwell C)
- Handle: hand forged carbonsteel (2 mm thickness!) with Tsuchime pattern
- This blade comes in a cardboard box
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