KAMATA

Terminology

Kuchi-wa

The "muzzle" is the metal ring-shaped part at the joint between the handle and the blade of a knife…
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Yasugi Steel

Yasugi Hagane" is a Japanese steel material sometimes used in the production of kitchen knives and …
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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…
Terminology

Mizuhon-yaki

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