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| Kiridashi-Katana / Right-handed use / Sharpened |
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The feature of 'Kiyotuna-Kiridashi-Katana' is that the knifes have no meaninglessdecoration, because they are produced only for professional craftsmen. So in them, their forms of Pure Japanese blades passing down from father to son are kept still today. Their surfaces look black because their color comes from traditional manufacturing process for keeping knives rustproof called 'Kurouchi'. They are produced from the highest quality of steel called Yasuki Blue-2 Steel as material. Only a few numbers of 'Kiyotuna-Kiridashi-Katana' are produced in a year, that is why they are rare and wonderful blades which are not available to consumers in common shops. We have a connection to let produce them especially for us and offer you at the significantly cheaper prices
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In Tokyo in Meiji Period, there were three masters of smithy called 'Edo-San-Ketsu' (3 outstanding gifts). 'Mr. Chiyozuru' was good at producing V-shaped gouges and 'Kiridashi-Katana', as well 'Mr. Ishido' was a master of planes, and 'Mr. Takiguchi' was famous for carving knives. Three of them all came from sword-smith family continuing from Edo Period. Yoshimune Takiguchi as Takiguchi 1st, lived near Kameido-Tenjin in Koto-ku Tokyo. The 2nd was named Unokichi Takiguchi and the 3rd was called Ryuhachi Takiguchi. The their brand called 'Kiyotsuna' was born by the technical guidance of a representative sculptor of Japan, Koun Takamura. Shiko Munakata, who is a masterly Japanese printmaker in 20th century, also used knives of 'Kiyotuna' brand regularly.
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| Please use 'Kiridashi-Katana' with moving it from your body outward. The moving is just the same as one when you sharpen pencils. As uses, it is used for whittling trees or bamboo, cutting paper and cloth, mainly used as a tool for Japanese traditional craft. And 'Kiridashi-Katana' is a knife through which the artistic quality of smithy is expressed just like a Japanese sword, so there are a lot of collectors in Japan. We wish you to use 'Kiridashi-Katana' in the best condition. That is why, you can send it back to us in Japan to let sharpen it again by our professional knife grinder, in case you fail to sharpen it or you can't get its sharpness as you wish. |
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| Yasuki Blue-2 Steel / Aogami |
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| ‘Yasuki Blue-2 Steel’ is generally used by professional craftsmen. It is
hard alloyed steel with holding the sharpness long. |
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| 100% Brand New. The blade has already been sharpened to the extreme cutting
edge by a Japanese blade sharpening specialist. |
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