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Strain Removal

Strain Removal" refers to the process of removing distortion and strain from the blade caused by fo…
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Tsuchime

Tsuchime" refers to the fine hammered pattern that remains on forged blades in the manufacture of k…
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Forging

Forging" refers to one of the key steps in the knife and blade manufacturing process when forging a…
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Mirror Finish

Mirror finishing is one of the polishing techniques applied to kitchen knives and blades. This fini…
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Kasumi Finishing

Kasumi jiage (haze finishing) is a polishing technique that imparts a distinctive pattern to the bl…
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Urasuki

Another characteristic of Japanese knives is that the back side of the blade is not perfectly flat,…
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Hon Forging

"Hon-tanzo" is one of the traditional forging techniques used to make kitchen knives and blades. Th…
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Mizuhon-yaki

"Mizuhon-yaki" is a traditional Japanese knife-making technique that plays a particularly important…
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Edging

Hazuke (blade sharpening) refers to the process of sharpening the cutting edge of a knife or blade …
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Walk across the blade

Hawatari is a term that refers to the length of the blade portion of a knife or blade. Specifically…
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