Michihamono is a small maker of carving knives and chisels in Miki City, Hyōgo, Japan's traditional home of blacksmithing and hardware. The company began as a subcontractor making sickles and gradually turned its skills to carving tools, which are now its speciality.
Michihamono tools are used for an unusually wide range of crafts: carving Buddhist statues and Noh masks, Kamakura-bori lacquerware, woodblock printing, seal engraving and even eraser-stamp carving. Its high-speed steel blades are heat-treated by specialist firms, and each tool passes through several craftsmen in turn, from shaping and grinding the blade to fitting the handle and final inspection.
Alongside its carving tools, Michihamono makes the Hiyokko range of sickles and runs CARVY, an antenna shop in Tokyo. Its tools suit both beginners and professional carvers.
Moroha Carving Knife - 6mm
Moroha Carving Knife - 6mm
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This double-bevel carving knife can be used ambidextrously cutting both towards and away from the user. It uses a laminated blue paper steel (aogami #2) cutting edge laminated between two softer layers of steel.
The edge itself is straight, acutely angled along the steel of the blade. Because of this, the very tip of the knife is able to make very fine cuts in tight places. However, it also doesn't receive the support of the laminating steel as the rest of the edge does, and so care needs to be taken as the tip is relatively vulnerable.
The handle is cherry, measuring 180mm. Overall length of the knife is 210mm, with the cutting edge itself measuring 20mm.