HIGONOKAMI TANTO KATANA Style White Paper Steel Japanese Folding Knife (Large)

Description: HIGONOKAMI TANTO KATANA Style White Paper Steel Japanese Folding Knife (Large)Made in Japan HIGONOKAMI is a traditional Japanese folding knife with the history of over 130 years in production since 1894.It is sometimes said to be a "Japanese Opinel" with its same long history, simple construction, durability, and unchanging original shape.This has been a standard folding knife every Japanese familiar with.There have been about 40 factories manufacturing HIGONOKAMI in peak period (1950's), but only one small factory remaining now on the verge of extinction due to the appearance of pencil sharpner, snap-off blades, etc. Most of their knives are made with the traditional Japanese Katana forging procedure, which is to sandwitch harder steel with softer steel to realize both hardness and viscosity. This is 'TANTO' KATANA style knife with White Paper steel, which is the purerest carbon steel and high-end model for their regular lineups.As far as I know, TANTO style is available only in White Paper steel unless it is special made.Hand forged White Paper steel3 layer construction (Hard White Paper steel is sandwitched by softer steel for ease of sharpening)Double-edged blade for both right-handed or left-handedSimple construction for ease of maintainanceCompact enough for carrying around in pocketPerkerizing black handleBeautiful brass washer (churysanthemum)No locking mechanism (using thumb knob for preventing closing of blade)For brass handle version, please check.HIGONOKAMI TANTO KATANA Style White Paper Steel Japanese Folding Knife (Large) | eBay Specification Model : TantoBlade Length : 75mm / 3.0in Handle Length : 100mm / 3.9inWeight : 45g / 1.6oz Colors : Black Shipping ECONOMY SHIPPING (US$0.00) : without tracking number and insuranceSTANDARD SHIPPING (US$3.50) : with tracking number and insuranceEXPEDITED SHIPPING (US$26.00) : faster delivery time with tracking number and insurance If you need tracking number, insurance, or faster delivering, please choose STANDARD or EXPEDITED international shipping with optinal fees. We do not send this item to UK and Ireland in accordance with e-bay's knives policy. Estimated Delivery Time ECONOMY and STANDARD shippingAsia (7-14days)North America/Europe/Australia (14-21days)South America/Africa (21-31days)For EXPEDITED shipping, please contact me for details. NoteImport duties and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are resposible to buyersPlease check with your country's custom office to determine additional costs prior to bidding buying.These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight company or when you pick the items up, thus do not confuse them for additional shipping charges.We do not mark merchandise value below value or mark items as gifts since US and international goverment regulations prohibit such behavior.

Price: 58 USD

Location: Shizuoka

End Time: 2025-02-08T11:57:51.000Z

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