Well, I didn’t want to overwhelm folk!

Glad you enjoyed it. One day I’ll script a video and do a coherent story!

My wife says, “too many!” Im nothing like Tobias, I’ve only around 300 or so! I do limit myself to British, Japanese and European knives, plus a few example statement pieces (Chris Reeve, Medford, Benchmade, Buck, ADV, etc.), but only a couple or so of each brand. I don’t buy American or Chinese knives as a rule, as there are just too many, and I’d run out of space and money in no time. But I’ve still accumulated a few by accident!

Thank you, I enjoy them!

Glad you enjoyed it!

It’s difficult to do these videos without coming over as a goal geek! I do enjoy it. I’ve another Japanese video coming up on 18th. The question inf the mei on a Japanese sword is interesting to me. There’s a lot goes in to it, but it’s normally hidden. That it ‘needs’ to be facing outwards, but can’t be seen, amuses me. It does help to distinguish between a short tachi and and o-katana though.

Sorry to be so late in responding, I seem to have missed your comment. Sadly I couldn’t pop over to Japan, maybe one day, but I did buy them from reputable dealers so the provenance is fairly sound for all but a couple.

I don’t believe they were, but I don’t know what Japanese people of old used. I use a Japanese Feather razor today, but the double-edged safety razor wasn’t invented till 1904, by Gillette, some 8 years after the Higonokami! The main characteristic of the Higonokami blade is that it’s a convex, apple seed, shape. Most open razors are very fine hollow grinds, but that doesn’t really prove anything!

@@slick_slicers Thanks.

In August 1976, when I was 9 years old, I found a katana in my grandad’s attic. I didn’t see it again for almost 40 years, but I could describe it perfectly. I’d handled it for two or three minutes, but it made a huge impact. I now own it, and know a hell of a lot more about it, but it gave me two questions. It was in a shirasaya, but had a tsuba, and it had a deep sori, too deep! I spent ages in the library trying to understand these two things (no internet back then), and that meant libraries and books. I started researching aged 10.

And the markings on the blade indicate, at least partly, the blue paper steel.

That’s part of it, but I think there’s more. The chap who did the translation before told me some extra stuff. I do know a few other experts on kanji related to nihonto, but I never seem to find the time! I’m a member of the To-Ken Society of Great Britain, but I rarely manage to get to meetings these days.

The tiny, and ridiculously expensive one was from Moonrakerknives.co.uk and the rest were all from Heinnie.com Oh, the one second from the right came from Ali Express, I think, but I can’t be sure!

I don’t know it, but Gerber and Moki in Japan did a lot of work together, so a crossover isn’t surprising. I think that there’s a good deal of commonality between the Higonokami and the one piece plastic handled folders, originally from Paul Gerber, and later from Spyderco and Fallkniven.

繼肥後守定駒 (Higonokami tei koma) Higonokami Sadakoma No idea of the accuracy

I don’t, but I got it on line from Moonraker Knives.

@@slick_slicers after long research, boker higo bonsai hikari

Thank you, welcome aboard!

Thank you! I made them myself. I bought some 3mm flat leather cord from eBay and then tied the knots. If you search for “lanyard knot” on KZfaq, there are lots of videos to show you how.

In the UK, both Moonraker and Heinnie sell genuine ones, but they also sell others. Best to ring them.

Never likely to happen, I’m afraid! The channel only exists to share my knives and the contents of my indisciplined mind.