Real nice knife right there, diffidently has that old school straight razer shave vibe

luke_lafr sent me here. I have become a fan of your channel. Great work

@DutchBushcraftKnives

7 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot! and thank your friend for us!

Beautiful

The first thing I did with mine was shave my cheeks. Sqare jaws make it easy... But it did it! I use it for light duty, of course, but it holds an edge just fine. I alternate with an Opinel #8. Apples and Oranges. Wires and rope.

Nice

Holy cow. I use one, maybe two stones for sharpening all my knives (an Arkansas and a ceramic). Gets 'em hair-popping sharp, takes way less time.

Day nine watching from the beginning, and that's a type of knife I have never seen before! It does remind me a lot of a classic straight razor with that handle and the way the blade is held in place, probably why you felt like shaving with it. I don't believe any of my old cheap knives are from Japan unfortunatly, but at least my Cold Steel Kobun's have Japanese AUS-8 Steel so that counts right? ;-)

im struggling to get a sharp edge on this, using a chosera 400, and king 1000/6000. before i knew how to sharpen i made a huge secondary bevel on the blade, which is counter productive to the scandi style grind. having to try and flatten both sides but its taken a lot of elbow grease without a belt sander

So is there any noticeable difference to blue or white paper steel? What are your feelings on the newer D2 version?

What size is the Higo no kami? Great channel bro.

having trouble finding places that have reonable price for stone that deliver to canada, any suggestions. BTW great video

I recently got a hignokami knife, but couldn't get it to sharpen. Any advice on how to sharpen it?

If we had to get one stone for this higonokami knife, which of the grits would you recommend- a medium? Thanks!

Did you just sharpened one side of the knife more than the oter one?

I might have to buy a second.

Aren't higo no kamis made with micro bevels? I'm pretty sure I saw a video from the factory with micro bevels

Hey, I'm looking currently suitable grindstones for my first Higonokami. You seem like highly satisfied with the Chosera stones ... Where can I get these stones? Thx and greetings from Germany ;)

@DutchBushcraftKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+David Schulze Guten tag! I am very happy with my chosera stones. They are now sold under the name Naniwa professional but they come without a base sadly. You could also opt for the Shapton ha-no-kuromaku series which is a bit cheaper I think but they are also very good! I know 2 places in Germany to get the naniwa's. Naniwa professional: www.knivesandtools.de/de/ct/naniwa-professional-stones-wassersteine.htm Naniwa and shapton: www.feinewerkzeuge.de/scharf.html If you really want to save money you could try and import the Shapton ha-no-kuromaku from a Japanese store. They are almost half the price and shipping costs are quite low. I got my shaptons from search.diy-tool.com/?searchbox=1&q=shapton&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=検索する Hope this helps! Auf wederhoren!

@barniyamum

7 жыл бұрын

danke sehr....bought one higonokami too and im searching atm for some stones ;) & thanks for recommending the mora so much i like the knife, pretty nice for the price....and Motosuke Nagao the U in Motosuke is silent i guess so 'Motoske' usually...

I have a Higonokami also, and I'm quite fond of it. They are ideal desktop tools (and ornaments). Getting the shinogi to stand out does require natural stones, or at least artificial stones which create a similar mud, and stropping with compounds will always polish the steel cladding. De-burring on a fine stone and soft wood is an alternative, but the mirror polish you achieved without an interim stone was impressive and also looks good. The Shapton 8k is an impressive and fast cutting stone.

@DutchBushcraftKnives

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment. I want to try shapton for my 5k stone. Naniwa snow white 8k is really satisfying and I won't need another 8k stone. I might buy shapton 5k and 12k to complete my stone collection. The mirror polish suits the knife. Stropping made the blue paper steel in my toyokuni mirror polish while the out layer stayed more cloudish, I hoped the slurry of the nagura stones would help bring the layers out. Next time I'll try your soft wood deburring.

@m00nsplitter72

9 жыл бұрын

Dutchbushcraft I have had good success refining the edges of some of my knives without using stropping compounds. I finish off on the stones using increasingly lighter pressure and drag the edge very lightly across a chopstick from time to time. Often a dark line is visible in the cut, inferring that metal is being transferred from the edge. Stropping on leather is still possible but without stropping compound. I found myself caught up in the YT stropping zeitgeist but slowly came to understand that stropping can become the father of all sorts of bad habits and that many very experienced bladesmiths and sharpeners were far more cautious in their use of stropping than many YT experts and that their sharpening techniques were more refined, largely negating the need for 10-15' stropping sessions after the final stone. I will always continue to use both strops and compounds, but much more sparingly than before.

sharpened it with waterstones. did it take awhile to remove lamination line because I'm trying to get mirror polish and it's not working well

@DutchBushcraftKnives

7 жыл бұрын

+Chanse Schoen the lamination line will always be visible because the 2 different steel react differently to the water stone

While laying the knife flat on the stone while sharpening, how does it not get scratched? I sharpened a knife on an Arkansas stone once and had the angle all wrong and I scratched the piss out of the blade.

I have the exact same knife - laminated aogami. You've gone for a zero ground here? Obviously, you've gotten it quite sharp - any comments on the edge retention? I've been progressively laying back the angle a few degrees every sharpening. Was not impressed with its sharpness with the factory angle, so I was wondering at what point/angle does the knife begin to exhibit the qualities aogami steel is known for (great sharpness AND edge retention)?

@DutchBushcraftKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+nickoli9889 Thank you for your comment. The grind i'm using here is a zero grind that is slighty convexed. As you probably know Aogami steel is often used in kitchen knives because it can hold an edge quite well on a small angle like that of a kitchen knife. However, aogami steel can still be made very sharp in a larger angle like on the higonokami. For sharpening this knife I used the angle that the bevel has from the factory but went to a much higher grit (12.000 grit stropping compound after the 8k stone). I find it quite hard to test edge retention on folders as we don't really abuse them. The higonokami will dull most from micro oxidation of the apex and from closing it to rough. I have another blue paper steel knife which is a huntin knife. I like it's edge retention very much but the angle is different and more convexed than this higonokami. To put it in a nutshell. You should be able to achieve a very sharp (razor sharp) if you sharpen the knife in a flat grind/zero grind maintaining the angle that the bevel already has but try to avoid a secondary bevel. However, I think blue paper steel shines the most in the harder kitchen knives (62-64 HRC). I hope this helped!

@doktorbimmer

6 жыл бұрын

*Don't bother with this nan3r guy. He is a legitimate fucking sociopath (who, evidently, recently discovered how to be a miserable troll, yay!). I'm not joking in the least; he can be found in almost every Wankel video on KZread desperately falsifying information for god knows what reason.*

Say Heah Martin, Santa recently brought me my S. O G. Pillar Fix Blade, What a Beauty. It's made in CPM S35Vn. I only have my Snody SnakeCharmer Neck Knife in that steel, so I never sharpened that steel, If you could kindly tell me how to sharpen it, I would sincerely appriciate it. Alvast bedankt.., p

Is the brass handled one 98mm or 80mm handle length? I'm looking to pick one up and I like the size of yours.

@DutchBushcraftKnives

8 жыл бұрын

hey, this is the 80mm. Thanks for watching and you won't regret buying it. It might not be the most practical knife but the beauty and blue paper steel makes it worth the price for sure.

@musicandcoffee2853

8 жыл бұрын

+Dutch Bushcraft Knives perfect, thanks!

How many degrees is the angle you sharpen this knife at ?

@DutchBushcraftKnives

7 жыл бұрын

that would be hard to say. It's a long time ago i sharpened this higo. I remember I kept the angle of the original grind. I didn't raise the angle.

Motoske Nagao ながおもとすけさん

How do you confirm for sure it's made by Motosuke Nagao? I've asked so many sellers any refuse to respond and a lot of them don't show the box in the pictures.

@DutchBushcraftKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+ryacus The box is one way. Most fake's or replica's are called Higo knife. The seller I bought it from lists them as Motosuke Nagao hironogami. www.japansemessen.nl/a-37099289/zakmessen-higonokami/motosuke-nagao-higonokami-aogami-original-brass/ Also most fakes have weird engravings. I have never done research about it however.

@ryacus

8 жыл бұрын

Dutch Bushcraft Knives Yeah I've heard that about the box before, I've since talked to one guy that says the less expensive ones are still authentic but they don't come with the box and that's why a lot of sellers do not show the box, it's usually only the brass ones that come the box, he had a lot of interesting info but thanks for your help as well.

What was the name of that Japanese fixed blade? I love that and want to add a Japanese fixed blade to my collection.

@DutchBushcraftKnives

5 жыл бұрын

thats the Toyokuni Mountain Stream

@durchens

5 жыл бұрын

Dutch Bushcraft Knives I would pay you to get my Higonokami as sharp as yours. Now THATS freaking sharp. Mine is completely dull compared to yours.

Hi, Where do you got that sharpening stone base? I want one.

@DutchBushcraftKnives

8 жыл бұрын

+ruizhernandeztrustfi Hey, I bought mine in a dutch knife store. This one should be almost the same www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000DD21Y/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687702&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0031KHFRM&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1GAPNVER9T0P1GP4FQ06

@ruizhernandeztrustfi

8 жыл бұрын

Great! I'll check it out. Thanks man.

@pcman500

7 жыл бұрын

Could you tell me which store? My higonokami has gone dull and all i have is a dremel. Which only made it more dull.

It is in Japan by a certain popularity is better than "Toyokuni" of "Saji Takeshi".

@DutchBushcraftKnives

7 жыл бұрын

I love both toyokuni and Higonokami. both look gorgeous!

Do you guys each have your own sharpening stones or does Micky just use your stuff?

@DutchBushcraftKnives

7 жыл бұрын

we both have our own sharpening stones. Mikkie's nickname is Mr. Destruction so I try to keep him as far as possible from my stuff.

@syles286

7 жыл бұрын

Dutch Bushcraft Knives how often do you replace your stones and how often does mikkie replace his

@gavin3488

7 жыл бұрын

lol, Mr. Destruction.

Hahahaha, you need a sink bridge! Measure two peices of wood, one inside top of sink and another just a bit longer...5mm on both ends to fit over sink top and Bam ur done! A little non-skid rubber for slippage.

@DutchBushcraftKnives

3 жыл бұрын

I actually made one a few years after this video!

Mine was blunt as fuck and had grinding marks all over the blade

Not a knife that appeals to me, not robust enough.

Nice