Higonokami Pocket Knife with Brass Handle 75mm Default:Default Button fly

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The blades are made of white steel and set in a folded sheet of metal

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Higonokami Pocket Knife with Brass Handle 75mm Default:Default Button flyAround 1894 hardware wholesaler Taseburo Shigematsu commissioned blacksmith Sadaharu Murakami to create the Higanokami knife based on a blade of unknown origin (perhaps a Mercator knife from Germany?). Like our other folding knives, the simple and rugged construction made it a ubiquitous and long lasting knife in Japan. At the peak of its popularity there were 50 manufacturers producing the knives. In 1961 after a political assassination led to a