Honyaki Masahiko Hand forged white 2 steel full tang Knife 65 mm
This is a very rare hand forged knife made of Honyaki Japanese traditional way. A honyaki knife is made from one sheet of steel. Since the only Quenching part is the blade, so it has a strong and tenacious handle and blade body.
-- Item detail --
the actual article
Total length 175mm, Blade length 65mm, Blade width 26mm, Blade thickness 3.6 to 1.6mm, 66g
Handle length 110mm, Handle width 24 to 27 mm, Handle thickness 3.8 to 2.4mm
*approx
-- Material --
*Blade, handle: white 2 steel
*white 2 steel handle with in small brass pins decorated
*full tang: tapered tang
*A brand new, Made in Japan
*Black smith: Masahiko Tsuruta
*hand-forged in the Honyaki Japanese traditional way
*with a leather saya
There are some tiny rust and crack,sclathedds on the knife. It's not defective. It is not perfectly symmetrical blade.