Blue Steel Higonokami Folding Knife | Niwaki

Niwaki Blue Steel Higonokami Folding Knife

Traditional Japanese folding pocket knife from Kanekoma, brass handle, beautiful hand forged 3″ folded Hitachi Aogami Blue Steel blade. No locking device, no corkscrew, not even tweezerswhatever next? A great stocking filler. The brass handle starts off shiny but soon mellows to a lovely rich patina. Quite a stiff action that loosens with time, and can be retightened with a sharp rap on the rivet with a hammer. Try sharpening these with Shapton Whetstones – youll be amazed.

Why Blue Steel? The addition of a little chromium to the mix increases the kirenaga of the blade, which is to say it will stay sharp for longer.

Comes in a nice soft card box.

Most of our sharp tools are made from carbon steel – this means they may, through regular use, stain (and eventually rust) and gradually lose their edge. Caring for them involves three things

1. Correct Use:

• Japanese steel