Higonokami - Higo Tsuchime XL - traditional Japanese knife - ITTS -XL - knife

Higonokami - Higo Tsuchime XL - traditional Japanese knife - ITTS -XL - knife

Charming knife used by the Japanese farmer " Higonokami kanekoma ."

As is typical for many agricultural tools , this Japanese knife is extremely simple but the result of a secular improvement that has found it difficult balance between form and function, and between cost and benefit.

The main feature is definitely the quality of the blade, in fact, uses a steel San Mai to three layers of which the one at the center rough .

It has a razor wire , as is appropriate for a tool to cut and not just born to be displayed in glass cases .

production: Japanese crafts
Blade : carbon steel, San Mai hammered
Handle: single block of iron hammered
Closure: Without lock blade
Closed Length : 125mm .
Blade length : 95mm .
Blade thickness : 3.5 mm
Length open : 220mm
Weight: 124g .
Notes: lubricate the blade otherwise easily subject to oxidation .
Packing: elegant and fine wooden box with Japanese characters