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A decade and a half ago, SOG kicked off a partnership with Japanese designer Kiku Matsuda. That partnership resulted in the creation of the SOG Kiku series, some of the brand’s best knives ever (one ...
Like the Kiku before it, this knife’s blade boasts a tanto-style blade with a complex grind. It boasts an excellent piercing tip and, just past it, a solid couple of inches of cutting edge good ...
Archaeologists found the gold-plated artifact on a sacred island of Japan almost 70 years ago but only recently took a closer ...
Hawaii's first ever Seisuke Knife Festival features live forging demonstrations, sushi demos, food, drinks, ... where the community can learn about the art of Japanese knife making.
Researchers did X-rays and CT scans of a 1,300-year-old sheath from an island in Japan and revealed the unique blade inside, photos show. Photo from the Munakata-Okinoshima and Associated Heritage ...
Researchers did X-rays and CT scans of a 1,300-year-old sheath from an island in Japan and revealed the unique blade inside, photos show. Photo from the Munakata-Okinoshima and Associated Heritage ...
Almost 70 years ago, archaeologists on a sacred island in southern Japan dug up a pointy gold sheath. The 1,300-year-old artifact didn’t look like much from the outside — but X-rays recently ...
A gold-plated iron knife and armor fragments, believed to have been made with advanced 5th-century techniques, have been confirmed as coming from Japan's largest ancient keyhole-shaped tomb mound, a ...
Thinking of buying a Japanese kitchen knife while in Tokyo? Just a short walk from Sangenjaya Station – and only about 10 minutes from Shibuya by train or taxi – Hitohira is a specialty knife shop in ...