<p data-mce-fragment="1">Hand made in<span> </span>Aomori prefecture, mizu<span> </span><meta charset="utf-8"> <span data-mce-fragment="1">honyaki </span>(water quenched) Aogami #2 yanagi with karin wood handle with buffalo horn spacers.</p>
<p data-mce-fragment="1"><meta charset="utf-8"> <span><meta charset="utf-8">Nigara Hamono in Hirosaki City in Aomori Prefecture is a 350 year old metalworking company with swordmaking roots. Blacksmith Go Yoshizawa has expanded Nigara's range to include kitchen knives including the very demanding honyaki forging and differential heat treatment. </span></p>
<p data-mce-fragment="1"><span><meta charset="utf-8">Honyaki heat treatment relies on a single steel blade as opposed to a clad steel / mild steel or iron construction. Water quench honyaki makes for the hardest possible edge but due to the rapid heat loss during the quenching has a high failure rate even for experienced smiths. This knife has been etched to bring out an additional contrast at the hamon, the result is a very lively and vibrant pattern pulled from the steel. </span></p>
<p data-mce-fragment="1"><meta charset="utf-8"> <span>Aogami is rated at 2, 1 & Super increasing in carbon and alloy content as the number gets smaller, typically aogami 2 is tough with a shorter edge life than aogami 1 and aogami super has the best edge life with potentially the least toughness all though this is a generalization and greatly depends on the way the steel is forged. Honyaki aogami 2 will have longer edge life than a mass produced aogami super so this is a general view. When heat treated using the honyaki technique the result is a steel that cuts very well as it slowly dulls and works very well at very fine finishes. This is definitely a sharpener's steel, great for a huge variety of finishing stones, especially many natural stones. </span></p>
<p data-mce-fragment="1">Not for the first time user of a yanagi, this knife will demand greater skill in sharpening and use to preserve the proper geometry and to avoid damage, in addition the etched surface will be removed with sharpening. </p>
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