Nigara Anmon Damascus

The Anmon Damascus pattern folds 25 layers of stainless steel around an SG2 powdered steel core, hand forged and acid treated at Nigara Hamono in Hirosaki, Aomori, one of the original Edo period forging centers in Japan. The ripple effect is different on every blade, since the hand finishing is never exactly the same twice. The name comes from the nearby Anmon Waterfalls, and held up to light, the resemblance to cascading water is easy to see.