Anyone else carry a Nagao Higonokami?

[Ferahgo]

Got mine a few days ago in the Blue Paper steel. Scary sharp, once you put some work into it.

 

[Arathol]

I have two Nagao Higos. One with a shirogami san mai (White steel) layered blade and the other has the Aogami-warikomi (laminated blue steel) blade.

 

[Jack Black]

Don't really carry mine often enough. Interesting knife though :thumbup:

 

[Lycosa]

I carry a tanto version in mt rotation. Love this folder.
rolf

 

[Henry Beige]

Mine gets carried for a few days every couple of weeks. It takes up almost no space in the pocket.

 

[I'mSoSharp]

Sometimes, in a leather slip though, the thought of this razor opening in my pocket.............

 

[5K Qs]

I don't carry mine very often, but it's always on my desk at work (thanks, Dan).
Here's a photo of it with a little leather cover/handlegrip:

and here it is naked:

- GT

 

[SadSappySucker]

I'll carry mine every couple of months. I love the knife. I've had the urge to pick up another one or two. I'd really like to get another to have someone re grind the blade to either a thinner or hollow ground sabre grind or just a full flat. My only gripe with the knife is how thick it is behind the edge.
I think I'll carry mine tonight.

And I felt like getting all artsy-fartsy

 

[Cambertree]

... the thought of this razor opening in my pocket.............

Carried one for a couple of weeks, from memory a few years back. I stopped for the same reason - I put my hand in my pocket a couple of times and found the blade partially open. The thought of my fingers contacting that hairsplitting edge gave me the heebie-jeebies.

And they just didn't sit right in suit pants pockets which were my work clothes at the time - seemed to always want to slide down and lay out flat - and 'printed' horribly.

Maybe they'd do better in the bottom of a jacket pocket in a slip. It's interesting to see what you guys have adapted.





On the plus side, that Aogami ('Blue Paper') steel takes an extremely fine edge, and I love the lamination lines and brass patination over time. They make a grand desk knife and letter opener. I wish more traditional knives were made in the Hitachi Blue steels, I'd get one in a heartbeat.

These three knives were the only folders I EDCd and used for about three years - I was on a minimalist kick at the time.



The Opinel got the most carry time hands down, but the Svord and Nagao-san Higos got a bit of use outside of EDC carry.

Thanks for this thread, it's nice to see all your Higonokamis, and read your thoughts on them.

 

[Henry Beige]

The pivot pin on mine is snug enough that the risk of the knife opening in the pocket is just about nil. A little hammer-work should tighten it up again when it does eventually work loose.