Monthly Archives: March 2025
Yoshimi Kato Aogami Super Kurouchi Chef’s Knives with Unique Hammered Pattern
March 29, 2025 Topics
Yoshimi Kato Aogami Super KUROUCHI Hammered series feature beautiful Black finished & Hammered texture with a core of Blue Paper Super (Aogami Super) Steel with a better hardness of approx.65 HRC, which provides excellent edge retention. Especially their hammerd patterns are unique — V pattern like bamboo, Square pattern called ICHIMATSU. The edge is specially …
HIGONOKAMI VG10 Damascus Kurouchi Traditional Raden-Makie-Art Folding Kritsuke-Petty Knives
March 13, 2025 Japanese CultureDamascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
The Higonokami Radem-Makie series feature Damascus-patterned & Hammered Kurouchi blades with a core of VG-10 stainless steel & decorative Maki-e artwork on Urushi lacquered handles. The surface of the blade is black-finished to highlight the Damascus texture for more elegance. On the beautifully Japanese lacquered (Urushi-nuri) handle, the traditional decorative Maki-e artwork is carefully hand-drawn …
