Heaven's Pillar

Product Description for Heaven's Pillar

Maker: Hidetoshi Nakayama (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 3707
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 1.75 in.
Total length: 3.25 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.25 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.09 in.
Item weight: 0.04 oz.
Shipment weight: 0.72 oz.
Blade: Japanese aogami blue carbon steel
Bolster: Integral
Handle: Sculpted boxwood
Sheath: Sculpted desert ironwood
Description: Knifemaker Hidetoshi Nakayama has been making knives since 1990. I was tremendously impressed when I saw his work at the East Coast Custom Knife Show in March 2004 and was very pleased when I was again able to offer his work this year. He has been a netsuke artist for over 10 years. Netsuke is a unique form of small sculpture which developed as an art form in Japan over a period of more than three hundred years, serving both functional and aesthetic purposes. Over time netsuke, which started as a toggle used to stop the kimono cord from slipping, began to feature elaborate carving, lacquer work, and inlays of rare and exotic materials including ivory, wood, precious metals, shell, coral, and semiprecious stones. Clearly the attention necessary for carving fine figures in netsuke has transferred to his knife making.
The blade of this small fixed blade is aogami blue carbon steel. This carbon steel has exceptional edge retention and takes on a keen edge. The three sided blade has been hand satin finished, whereas the complicated, integral sculpted "ferrule" has been antiqued and textured. The handle has been sculpted into straight flutes and is made from boxwood. The scabbard is sculpted from desert ironwood. Exquisite work from a maker rarely seen in the United States custom knife community!


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