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Home Products KD30-HIGO Cowry X Damascus Higonokami Folding Knife

KD30-HIGO Cowry X Damascus Higonokami Folding Knife

by Hattori, Ichiro

SKU 1105712

Date Added 11/08/2024

# Available This product is out of stock

Price $245.00

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Overview

The ultimate line of knives by the experienced craftsman, Ichiro Hattoriwith his never compromise character and craftsmanship.

 "An Ultimate Masterpiece of Craftsmanship" - these are the only words that adequately describe these remarkable KD Series Knife Collections, which are custom made by Mr. Hattori.

 Mr. Hattori is an uncompromising traditional craftsman and he utilizes all of his available energy, passion, and expertise to create these beautiful and outstanding cutting performance Cowry X Damascus knife collections which are made using ancient forging and sword making techniques.

 Each hand forged blade has a core layer of Cowry X and outer layers of Nickel-Stainless Damascus (SUS440 steel). Cowry X is a tough Powdered Metallurgy tool steel that was specially developed by Daido Steel Company for high-performance cutting tools. It contains a high volume of Carbon (3%) and Chromium (20%), some Molybdenum (1%) and a little Vanadium (0.3%).

Traditional Higonokami Folder of 3-inch Hattori's famous Cowry-X Powdered steel core forge layered with Nickel/Stainless Damascus blade with thumb opening lever,  3-3/4" Stainless Steel handle with lanyard.

Cowry-X Damascus blade in 2.8mm, 75mm blade, 170mm overall (open), Weight 60g

Specification
Knife Model: Hattori KD30-HIGO Cowry X Damascus Higonokami Folding Knife 
Blade Material: Cowry X Nickel Damascus
Rockwell Hardness (HRc): 65  
Handle Material: Stainless Steel Handle
Overall Length: 170mm 
Blade Length: 75mm 
Blade Thickness: 2.8mm 
Weight: 60g

Comes with original box and papers. Excellent condition.

Product Details

Blade Length 3

Overall Length 6.75

Closed Length 4.25

Weight (oz) 1.6

Source Previously owned

Additional Specs

Blade Material Cowry-X, Damascus, San Mai

Blade Details Sheepsfoot

Handle Material Metallic

About the Maker

Hattori, Ichiro

Ichiro Hattori is a renowned knife maker in the city of Seki, Japan. Seki is the most internationally well known of several cities famous in Japan for it’s history of cutlery and craftsmen going back some 800 years. He was born into a knife maker family and began his craft at the age of 18 in his father’s factory “Masahiro”, founded in 1932 and still one of Japan’s largest makers of culinary knives as one of the well known “3M”s (Masahiro, Masamoto, Misono). In 1971, Ichiro Hattori started his own business Hattori Hamono K.K. (Hattori Cutlery Co., Ltd.) to pursue his interest in sporting knives.

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