Hinoura Event – Karasu Japanese knives

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Extremely proud to announce that no other than Mutsumi Hinoura, one of our favourite blacksmiths, is visiting the shop! On Thursday the 12th he’ll be joining us in the store for the first ‘Meet the maker event’!
He’s here for a meet and greet with all of you, to custom engrave any Hinode knife and we’ll have over 20 one of a kind Hitohira x Hinode knives available that day!

Come and have a chat, some drinks and snacks, it’s going to be fun! From 12 to 17h.

All special knives will be displayed here on this page down. These will only be available in-store during the event. (maybe online after the event)

The Hitohira Hinode and Ajikataya series are forged by Sanjo based blacksmith Mutsumi Hinoura. He is the 4th generation blacksmith in the Hinoura family and trained under his father, the highly esteemed master blacksmith Tsukasa Hinoura. He runs a beautifully clean and organized workshop. The blades feature a tsuchime, nashiji or smooth kurouchi finish as is characteristic for Sanjo style knives. His kurouchi is very long lasting and greatly reduces oxidation on the carbon steel blades. The spine is somewhat thick, but tapers down to a very thin tip and similarly towards the edge.

The edge retention is one of the best of the white twos we’ve come across. This is not only because of the steel quality but for a good part because of the grind. These knives are trademarked by their narrow wide bevel grind with amazing consistency. With this flat geometry it is also a treat to thin and polish on stones.

These knives have a steady feel to them, they’re strong but thin behind the edge for super clean and precise cuts. We carry multiple knives by Hinoura San, a variety of shapes and finishes. Restocks expected every 5-6 months.