I'm feeling guilty.
The generosity here is legendary, but today, Dan, AKA Parke1 tops it.
I guess my late in life found love of simple and sometimes funky friction folders that I've talked about inspired Dan to gift me a Japanese higonokami friction folder. Dan, I don't know what to say, except thank you, which seems too little at this time. Like my resolza, this is a very easy knife for an arthritis patient to deal with, and it came wicked sharp.
This is a very thin knife, very much in the same vein as the French Douk-Douk, and the German Maercator K55. Simple but very rugged construction. The thumb tab was a bit stiff at first, but with a little mineral oil, it got easier, and I could thumb open the blade with a little effort. It has a slight but deffinate sweep to the cutting edge, and I'm going to give it a nice workout tonight on the cutting board making dinner. There's a definite temper line in the blade, and once the grind gets down past the saber grind top part of the blade, it goes right to the egg. No secondary bevel that I can see. Of course being a knife knut, I've already been cutting some cardboard and twine, and the blade whispers through both.
Size wise, it's a tad longer than the resolza, but half the thickness, and bit heavier. The resolza is 1 1/2 ounces, and the higonakami is 2 ounces. The slightly larger still Opinel number 8 is 2 ounces. I guess less metal in the Opinel. Blade thickness is more with the higonakami with the resolza a close second, and the Opinel the thinnest blade. In spite of the overall thinness of the knife, the higonokami is a robust built little knife.
Here's a shot of all three.
Dan, what can I say, except that members like you make this the very special place it is. Than you!!!
I promise this knife is going to get a workout.
Carl.
The generosity here is legendary, but today, Dan, AKA Parke1 tops it.
I guess my late in life found love of simple and sometimes funky friction folders that I've talked about inspired Dan to gift me a Japanese higonokami friction folder. Dan, I don't know what to say, except thank you, which seems too little at this time. Like my resolza, this is a very easy knife for an arthritis patient to deal with, and it came wicked sharp.
This is a very thin knife, very much in the same vein as the French Douk-Douk, and the German Maercator K55. Simple but very rugged construction. The thumb tab was a bit stiff at first, but with a little mineral oil, it got easier, and I could thumb open the blade with a little effort. It has a slight but deffinate sweep to the cutting edge, and I'm going to give it a nice workout tonight on the cutting board making dinner. There's a definite temper line in the blade, and once the grind gets down past the saber grind top part of the blade, it goes right to the egg. No secondary bevel that I can see. Of course being a knife knut, I've already been cutting some cardboard and twine, and the blade whispers through both.
Size wise, it's a tad longer than the resolza, but half the thickness, and bit heavier. The resolza is 1 1/2 ounces, and the higonakami is 2 ounces. The slightly larger still Opinel number 8 is 2 ounces. I guess less metal in the Opinel. Blade thickness is more with the higonakami with the resolza a close second, and the Opinel the thinnest blade. In spite of the overall thinness of the knife, the higonokami is a robust built little knife.
Here's a shot of all three.
Dan, what can I say, except that members like you make this the very special place it is. Than you!!!
I promise this knife is going to get a workout.
Carl.
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That's certainly the real deal, well done Dan, generous to a fault my friend :thumbup: 
ScruffUK seems to know a fair bit about them, and told me that there's only one old feller who can still make the real Higonakami - like yours and mine - the rest are Higonaifu apparently!
