HIGONOKAMI TANTO KATANA Style White Paper Steel Japanese Folding Knife (Large)

Made in Japan

HIGONOKAMI is a traditional Japanese folding knife with the history of over 130 years in production since 1894.

It is sometimes said to be a "Japanese Opinel" with its same long history, simple construction, durability, and unchanging original shape.

This has been a standard folding knife every Japanese familiar with.

There have been about 40 factories manufacturing HIGONOKAMI in peak period (1950's), but only one small factory remaining now on the verge of extinction due to the appearance of pencil sharpner, snap-off blades, etc. 

Most of their knives are made with the traditional Japanese Katana forging procedure, which is to sandwitch harder steel with softer steel to realize both hardness and viscosity. 

This is 'TANTO' KATANA style knife with White Paper steel, which is the purerest carbon steel and high-end model for their regular lineups.

As far as I know, TANTO style is available only in White Paper steel unless it is special made.

• Hand forged White Paper steel
• 3 layer construction (Hard White Paper steel is sandwitched by softer steel for ease of sharpening)
• Double-edged blade for both right-handed or left-handed
• Simple construction for ease of maintainance
• Compact enough for carrying around in pocket
• Perkerizing black handle
• Beautiful brass washer (churysanthemum)
• No locking mechanism (using thumb knob for preventing closing of blade)

Specification

Model : Tanto

Blade Length : 75mm / 3.0in 

Handle Length : 100mm / 3.9in

Weight : 45g / 1.6oz 

Colors : Black

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