Hitohira Togashi Shirogami #2 Yanagiba 300mm Ho Wood

Description

Brand: Hitohira ひ と ひ ら (一片)
Blacksmith: Togashi 富 樫 刃 物 製作 所
Production area: Sakai-Osaka / Japan
Profile: Yanagiba
Size: 300 mm
Type of steel: carbon steel (Oxydable)
Steel: Yasuki White (Shirogami) # 2, covered with soft iron
Handle: Ho wood and buffalo horn
Total length: 452 mm
Length of edge: 288 mm
Length of handle at tip: 304 mm
Blade height: 36 mm
Thick: 4.3 mm
Length of handle: 142 mm
Weight: 209g
Hand orientation: right-handed
Sling: Kenya Togashi

Come with his Saya

Kenji Togashi is a legendary Sakai blacksmith and one of the few blacksmiths in Japan to have the skills to forge quality honyaki blades. Since the beginning of his career in 1966, Master Togashi has received numerous distinctions, he is renowned for mastering these skills of forge. Master Togashi makes blades in his own workshop in Sakai, with his three sons.