菊和弘 Kiku Kazuhiro Kiku Kazuhiro Forged Blades
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Kiku Kazuhiro Sohizukuri Forged Blades are kitchen knives and pinking shears hand forged by the Ogawara brothers. Their products are designated as Traditional Craft Products of Tokyo Metropolis. Sohizukuri is a hand forging technique where the iron bar is softened by heating at 1,000℃ and hammered out into the shape of the blade. This technique was originally used for making a sword in the Edo period and was handed down to the craftsmen at Kazuhiro Forged Blades. Take pinking shears for example, the handles and the blades are not welded but hammered out of an iron bar into the shape of the shear as a single-piece. They are light in weight and comfortable to use. The craftsmen’s caring for details can be seen in their selection of the materials. As for the steel materials, they use the best steel of the country, blue paper labeled Hitachi Yasuki Special Steel, and the coal made of pine wood for firing. They also take part in various activities for training of successors, hoping that this traditional technique of Sohizukuri will be continuously handed down.
- address
- 1-10-8 Kane-machi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo Prefecture, 125-0042
- name
- Kazuhiro Riki Co., Ltd
- phone
- 03-3607-0833
- info@hasami.tv
- hp
- http://www.hasami.tv/