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JB18 Japanese Higonokami knife
My latest find.
Higonokami is a Japanese traditional folding pocketknife. Manufacturing Higonokami began in the 1890s.
Higonokami was very popular among children as one of the stationery sharpen a pencil around the late 1950s
but gradually disappeared due to the spread of cutter knife and pencil sharpener.
However in Japan it has become a quiet boom among avid collectors in recent years.In the heyday of 1950s
the number of blacksmith producing a Higonokami were around 40 in the Hyogo Miki City but Nagaokanekoma Seisakusho is a only maker at present.
The registered trademark "HIGONOKAMI" can be used only by Nagaokanekoma Studio(Seisakusho)
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2021 Calendar Comment by J.J. Smith III on January 13, 2017 at 20:47 -
“The Japanese believe their soul goes into our knives once we start using them.
You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!”
– Masaharu Morimoto
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In Memoriam Comment by D ale on January 13, 2017 at 19:33 -
I know they're inexpensive
..BUT..
there's just something about them.
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2021 Calendar Comment by J.J. Smith III on January 13, 2017 at 17:42 -
! love the brass, Dennis...
It's next on my list.
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Comment by Dennis Hibar on January 13, 2017 at 17:29
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J.J. - I love it! I've got one too. I ordered one from Japan quite some time ago because I had bought a number of Higonokami style friction folders made by Shelby Mihalevich and figured I should own an original Higonokami!!
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