Nigara Hamono Mt. Fuji Mizu-Honyaki 'Heart' Yanagiba 300mm - White #1

Nigara Hamono from the Aomori region of Japan is a very interesting forge. The main blacksmith, Go Yoshizawa is probably one of the most innovative in the game. He keeps pushing and exploring new methods and ways to display his amazing craft. The result of his distinctive way of working can be seen especially in his "Trollkiller", "Anmon" and "Kurozome" knives.

This knife is made in honyaki construction, which means it is a piece of steel, in this case Shirogami 1, which has been differentially hardened. You do this by putting clay on the back of the knife before hardening the knife. The clay causes the back of the knife to cool down more slowly, so that it becomes soft in the back and gives stability to the knife. The egg, where there is no clay on it, cools down faster and therefore becomes harder in the steel. This process also creates a lot of stress in the steel during hardening, which causes many honyakis to break during production. For this reason, honyakis cost significantly more than normal 3 ply knives. The combination of the softer back and hard eggs gives a unique cutting experience that is very different from other knives.

In this case, the hamon (hardening line from the clay) is shaped like Mt. Fuji, and where on some Honyaki knives you see either a full moon or a crescent moon next to the mountain, on this yanagiba you find a small heart <3 on the front, and a crescent moon on the back.

When buying the blade, you get an optional handle, custom handles that we build ourselves from scratch, according to your wishes, also apply.

The knife must never be washed in a dishwasher, must not cut into hard objects such as bones, cartilage, bones and frozen objects as well as hard cheeses. Remember that it is a property of thin, hard metal that it can break.