custom knife making — black smith
Mr.Hiroshi Kajihara, a Japanese blacksmith intended on preserving hand forged making at Kurotori Tanzo.
Kurotori knife products VG10 or silver 3 steel are widely used for popular stainless kitchen knives.Those hunting and wood working knives are made by laser cutting and pressing machine. A blacksmith used to forge by hand from a small piece of iron in the past, but it is rare nowadays.Some blacksmith refrain from using stainless steel because its hardness comparing with white and blue steel, even they rust easily, and the characteristic of being cooled soon after taking out of a furnace and the requirement to keep high forging temperature.Kurotori Tanzo has been continued for more than 100 years making hatchet,...
The knives produced by Japanese traditional techniques of Japanese sword, Shokei Funaki.
The knives produced by Japanese traditional techniques of Japanese sword, Koshikitanzo(the ancient Japanese way of smith forging). To pursue easy-grind and toughness of the blade, he mainly uses valuable wrought iron or old aged Japanese steel for base steel, tries not to use modern iron as much as possible. These rare iron was used for buildings and shipbuilding over 100 years ago. He makes with forge welding to finishing by hand one by one, not using containing blade materials. About Shokei Funaki Birth: Oct. 17th, 1972 in Yokohama, Japan Since his ancestry, both paternal and maternal line, were a swordsmith...
Give an sharpen edge and Kasumi togi to a Japanese chef knife made by Kisuke Manaka
The chef knife conducted hand forging and heat-treating, is going to be attached a blade and then sharpened the edge. Kisuke Manaka carefully complete all procedure one by one.The edge of the knife is produced its shape and shinogi line with a rolling rough grinding wheel. Manaka Hamono where had created Japanese swords, he sharpens it by sitting on the floor. As a result, since he can freely put the body weight on his fingers and control its stress easily compared to standing, it gives an excellent sharpening accuracy. Then using a rough or a medium-rough whetstone and finishing up...
Kisuke Manaka: A unique and rare blacksmith who attained Tansetsu of Stainless steel (Japanese traditional techniques of making knives from forge welding)
Since its establishment in 1872, the Manaka Hamono a historical blacksmith has been making Japanese sword. To satisfies the needs in the present age, The blade using in daily life such as kitchen knives and farming tools have been made since the fourth generation started. Manaka Hamono has been intent on preserving the ancient way from forge welding to water quenching without using any convenience materials. Although it’s said that it’s hardly possible to weld stainless, the fifth Keisuke Manaka, one of few blacksmith who has skills causing superhuman feat, succeeded it. *Generally, welding different types of stainless steel is...