"One of the two most beautiful, most well made, most sought after Kitaeji knives from Japan. No need to mention what the other one is.(^^)"
...someone please DO mention who this other one is.
Kasumi in my understanding refers to the way the knife is forged and how the hagane and jigane are situated, my assumption was that kitaeji was referring to the same albeit in a different configuration. I think a lot of people conflate finish with construction.
Though I suppose I then do not understand a "kasumi gyuto" unless it's single bevel. More like warikomi or San Mai gyuto innit...
Kasumi in my understanding refers to the way the knife is forged and how the hagane and jigane are situated, my assumption was that kitaeji was referring to the same albeit in a different configuration. I think a lot of people conflate finish with construction.
Though I suppose I then do not understand a "kasumi gyuto" unless it's single bevel. More like warikomi or San Mai gyuto innit...
That was my initial take on it as well. I always thought "Kasumi" was the construction of single bevel hagane and jigane. Shigefusa uses as a series name and it seems it is universally used to describe the contrast between hagane and jigane brought about by fingerstone finishes (I believe it translates as "misty" or similar, which is fitting for the visual).
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