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- Type: Pocket Knife
- Engraving: No
- Brand: Higo
- Overall Length: 9,00 cm
- Blade Length: 4,00 cm
- Blade Thickness: 1,80 mm
- Weight: 8,00 g
- Blade Material: Damascus
- Handle Material: Copper
- Opener: Friction
- Opening: Manual
- Lock Type: Friction Folder
- Made in: Asia
- Item Number: 01PE317
Mini San mai Damast
Zuerst muss ich eines sagen - das ist ein richtig kleines Messer.
Daran ist überhaupt nichts Negatives, aber es hat mich überrascht, wie klein es in der Realität wirkt.
Was in der Beschribung vielleicht fehlt ist, dass es sich nicht um eine reine Damast-Klinge handelt, sondern um eine San mai - also eine 3-lagige Klinge wo außen Damast und innen ein kohlenstoffreicher Stahl verwendet wurde, um ein richtig gutes Messer zu machen.
Ich habe meines auf 12,5° geschliffen und jetzt ist es im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes rasiermesserscharf!
Ich bin mir nicht sicher, wie lange das Messer noch schwergängig in den Griffschalen sitzt, denn es ist ins Heft genietet. Und hier mein einziger Mini-Kritikpunkt: Das Heft aus Kupfer (oder einer Kupferlegierung) wirkt etwas "billig" und ich bin gespannt, ob sich das Material irgend wann einmal verbiegen wird.
Ob das Loch im Heft wirklich notwendig ist, lasse ich dahingestellt. Spaltring oder etwas Ähnliches ist nicht dabei.
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Higo
The first Higonokami knives were made as early as 1896 in the Japanese town of Miki. After the last samurai were forbidden to carry swords in public, many blacksmiths started to make knives. Higo no Kami was then an honorary title for especially powerful samurai, and it quickly became the name for the knives produced there. Since then the construction of the classic Higo has hardly changed. The handle is usually made of one piece of folded metal, the knife is opened by a lever (Chikiri) on the back of the blade. By pressing the lever while holding the knife, the blade is kept open.
The first Higonokami knives were made as early as 1896 in the Japanese town of Miki. After the last samurai were forbidden to carry swords in public, many blacksmiths started to make knives.... more