Nigara Hamono carries 350 years of blacksmithing history from northern Japan, where the workshop once forged weapons and tools as noble swordsmiths serving the shogunate. Master swordsmith Nigara Kunitoshi earned wide recognition during the Showa period, and when the US military banned traditional swordmaking after World War II, the focus shifted to kitchen cutlery and farming tools - a transition Nigara not only survived but thrived through, becoming one of the premier kitchen knife makers in Northern Japan under blacksmith Yoshizawa-san.
This petty is built from SG2 powdered stainless steel hardened to 62-63 HRC, delivering exceptional edge retention in a compact, detail-oriented size. At 112mm blade length, this petty handles trimming, peeling, and small precision tasks with ease. The stainless cladding carries a tsuchime, or hammered, finish, and the wenge wood octagonal handle with buffalo horn ferrule is comfortable and well proportioned for a knife this size.
Care Instructions: SG2 is a stainless steel but is hard and somewhat chip-prone at this hardness level. Use wood or rubber cutting boards only. Avoid bones, frozen foods, and hard materials. Hand wash and dry after use. Strop regularly between sharpenings and use quality water stones for a full sharpening.
This petty is built from SG2 powdered stainless steel hardened to 62-63 HRC, delivering exceptional edge retention in a compact, detail-oriented size. At 112mm blade length, this petty handles trimming, peeling, and small precision tasks with ease. The stainless cladding carries a tsuchime, or hammered, finish, and the wenge wood octagonal handle with buffalo horn ferrule is comfortable and well proportioned for a knife this size.
Care Instructions: SG2 is a stainless steel but is hard and somewhat chip-prone at this hardness level. Use wood or rubber cutting boards only. Avoid bones, frozen foods, and hard materials. Hand wash and dry after use. Strop regularly between sharpenings and use quality water stones for a full sharpening.
- Brand: Nigara
- Blacksmith: Yoshizawa San
- Location: Aomori Prefecture, Japan
- Construction: San Mai, Hammer Forged
- Edge Steel: SG2 Stainless Steel
- HRC: 62-63
- Cladding: Stainless Tsuchime
- Finish: Tsuchime
- Edge Grind: Even
- Handle: Wenge Octagonal
- Ferrule: Buffalo Horn
- Weight: 2.2 oz (64 g)
- Blade Length: 112 mm
- Total Length: 239 mm
- Spine Thickness at Heel: 2 mm
- Blade Height: 31 mm
