Large Japanese Folding Knife with Iron Handle

Large Japanese Folding Knife with Iron HandleHigo Folding Knife with Hand Lacquered Iron Handle and Leather Sheath Apparently this knife was traditionally given to Japanese schoolchildren and carried by craftspeople in a variety of trades. (School kids dont carry them anymore, dont worry!) Hand forged by the same company in the same way for over a million years, Nagao Seisakusho. The blades are forged from high quality Aogami (blue paper steel), using a technique called Warikome in which the

Higo Folding Knife with Hand-Lacquered Iron Handle and Leather Sheath

Apparently this knife was traditionally given to Japanese schoolchildren and carried by craftspeople in a variety of trades. (School kids don’t carry them anymore, don’t worry!) Hand-forged by the same company in the same way for over a million years, Nagao Seisakusho. 

The blades are forged from high-quality Aogami (“blue paper steel”), using a technique called Warikome in which the blue paper steel is sandwiched between two layers of softer steel. The resulting laminated blade is easy to sharpen but holds a good edge. 

Each comes with a Spartan Made hand-stamped, hand-sewn leather sheath made from a variety of our top shelf Italian and American leathers.

Measurements:

Sheath: 5 x 1.25”

Knife (open): 6.75” x .75”