Love it! Where does one attain such a beauty?This goes here
Guess no one can help. Would have thought someone here would knowI found this little guy, a bit worse for wear with some of my grandfather's old stuff. I'd appreciate a bit of help identifying it if any of you have some more info.
Took my new (and first!) kiridashi for a spin today, courtesy of @Illyria
I’m a lefty, but actually it’s not the worst thing in the world to get some practice in for my off hand sharpening.
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Thanks mate! Can't believe it's taken me this long to pick one up - the concept of being able to test progressions/new stones etc in a short space of time is blowing my mind a bit.Well that is very nice indeed isn’t it! I was very tempted to pick up one of those two on BST, but I got one from Ed’s initial drop and thought it’d be greedy to deny others. Glad it’s gone to a good home.
What tends to go wrong on Kiridashi? I naively assumed it was fairly straightforward geometry, but of course that's never the case with this hobby...the geometry of the one I kept was more problematic than I’d anticipated, took a fair bit of effort to get this into working order.
Thanks mate! Can't believe it's taken me this long to pick one up - the concept of being able to test progressions/new stones etc in a short space of time is blowing my mind a bit.
What tends to go wrong on Kiridashi? I naively assumed it was fairly straightforward geometry, but of course that's never the case with this hobby...
the characters are 秀存昭三作(Shuzon Shozo Saku), and upon examination, it appears to have been made by Ikeuchi Hamono.I found this little guy, a bit worse for wear with some of my grandfather's old stuff. I'd appreciate a bit of help identifying it if any of you have some more info.
Thank you very much!the characters are 秀存昭三作(Shuzon Shozo Saku), and upon examination, it appears to have been made by Ikeuchi Hamono.
Thank you very much!
Sorry for never getting back to you! This one is made by HeldqvistLove it! Where does one attain such a beauty?
Thank you for the additional info! It's a lovely little blade I look forward to polishing it more.Even though the kanji are a little different, I almost said it looked very similar to my one a couple of posts above. Which is a relatively fancy kamaji / wrought clad Ikeuchi.
And thinking about it now... I actually found an American website that was selling some kamaji clad Ikeuchi kiris with the same gold in the kanji that yours has (mine doesn't). The only other difference I could see was that the ones they were selling were apparently Shirogami core, whereas mine is Aogami.
Unfortunately they don't have any left any more, but I think this is probably where your grandad's one came from, it was about $160 from memory.
https://shop.sculpt.com/woodworking-knife-with-kamaji-jigane-7-8.html
Thank you for the additional info! It's a lovely little blade I look forward to polishing it more.
Yeah, it's forged wrought iron clad. Looks really nice, I'll post some pictures when I have a polish I'm happy with!I should've mentioned it sooner, apologies. Just cos I can't read kanji, though after they were translated above - I'd be reasonably sure that's what it is anyway.
Ikeuchi do make some inexpensive kiris ground straight out of pre-lam, but yours has clearly been forged. And even in the unpolished pics above I think I can see some of the kamaji character in the cladding. All of which would tie in with the gold lettering of the one I saw on that US site.
Some more info below from the site I bought mine off. As I say - the only difference I could discern apart from the gold, is that the ones in the US were apparently Shirogami.
https://www.shop-schilbach.net/en/p...anese-carver-forged-from-kamaji-iron-1880year
It should polish up an absolute treat, and what a lovely thing to have inherited from your grandfather!![]()
Yeah, it's forged wrought iron clad. Looks really nice, I'll post some pictures when I have a polish I'm happy with!
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