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Damascus Dreamweaver: The Astonishing Craft of Shoichi Hashimoto
Prelude: Fire in a Child’s Hands When Shoichi Hashimoto (橋本 庄市) was just a boy, he stumbled upon a world hidden in fire and metal. On a quiet street corner in Hiroshima, the young Hashimoto watched, entranced, as sparks flew from an itinerant blacksmith’s forge. The molten steel glowed brilliantly in the forge’s belly, crackling…
Types of Japanese knives explained
There is an astonishingly wide range of Japanese knife types, each with its own distinct traits and applications. They generally fall into the following two main categories: modern Japanese knives and traditional Japanese knives. Modern Japanese knives Modern Japanese knives, also known as Western-style Japanese knives, are those that were introduced during the Meiji Period…
Mizuno Tanrenjo – the prestigious blacksmith workshop that put scent and soul into steel
When you open the box of a brand new Minamoto Akitada (源 昭忠) knife by Mizuno Tanrenjo (水野鍛錬所), the first thing to greet you is an unmistakable scent of pine charcoal — an instant 4th dimensional reminder of the prestigious status of this 150-year-old family-run Sakai workshop, which produces honyaki knives with the “Tamamono Tairan”…
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