History of Making Japanese Knife in Sakai |
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| Sakai is most famous of making tradtional Japanese knives I Japan. There had been many craft-men of Japanese knives since A.C.1400. | ||
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Process of making Japanese knife - 2
Saki-tsuke
| 1. Take the heated material out of the kiln. | 2. Previous shape of the blade is almost made with the machine hammer that moves up and down. A skillful craftsman can forge welding together a Hagane and a ground metal at lower temperature. Forging and welding together A Hagane( hard metal) and a ground metal(soft) is the reason for that the knives do not break and do not bend but they cut very well. | 3. Make the shape of knife with the machine hammer. This work is called "Sakitsuke" | |
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| 4. The shape of a blade is gradually formed. | 5. Cut the blade with a "Tagane"(a chisel made by a hard steel). | 6. Cut off a knife-shaped part from the ground metal. |
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