Folding Knife – Blue Paper Steel 90mm

Sharp. Fair quality. Good price. Happy customer.

Great Googlymoogly! This is some hard steel. Wonderfully forged, it was expeditiously sharpened — on a grinder. None of, that is zero of, the knives I have bought were sharpened the way I would have put edges on them. Honestly I spend way more time keening them up than I do parting out anything I cut outside of the kitchen. This center of presumably Hitachi White is HARD. Takes a stunning edge, and makes me wish for a 100 to 175mm sanmai fixed blade in a western style sheath and scales . . . that I could (would be willing to) afford. I note that this folder, when closed, easily comes into contact with the folded brass handle which was not going to fly. I inserted a 1/2 inch split length of vinyl tube to prevent that. The took a bit of jiggery and fiddling. I LIKE that the blade does not swing out easily. With the rivet pin fit as mine is assembled, there is NO chance it will open in your pocket. There will be some hours yet of polishing the sides remaining. I am working on an acetic acid patina before I get to the stropping. After the stropping I will put a thin coat of a drying oil such as walnut on it since use will easily wear this away and if I cut a apple with it there will be no toxicity. What a fine blade.

Beautifully unique pocket knife

This knife is really good, sharp and convenient. While this isn't a drawback but buyers should know it rusts easily, traditionally japanese blacksmiths use carbon steel which oxidizes rapidly. Keep it oiled with WD40, Linseed oil, wax, or other oils and it wont rust.

Very nice simple knife. The brass and the steel patina nicely.

This is a 'daily driver' that goes into my pocket for all sorts of tasks. It is a smaller sized knife that is easy to open and has a great hand feel. It is a no nonsense build that relies on friction to keep the blade closed. It is a great little knife.

I found the knife's action to be very stiff out of the box, even after lubricating the pivot point, but it gradually broke in after several openings and closings. Despite there being no locking mechanic of an kind, the action on the knife remains stiff and I don't see it opening accidentally in my pocket to be a safety concern at the moment. I found the knife to be surprisingly dull. I had always heard these knives were very sharp, but mine was definitely not. I sharpened the blade flat to the stone, and while this did produce a sharp edge, I ultimately sharpened it at 15 degrees to get results I was satisfied with. It can now shave hair, but not as well as many of my other knives. If you buy this knife for the heritage or out of simple curiosity, then the price point is great. If you buy this to be an actual work knife, there are other, more modern knives within this price point that will be a much better buy.

Nice