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Some 80 years ago, the traditional Japanese \u003cem\u003eKiridashi-kogatana\u003c\/em\u003e was still widely used in Japan as a multi-purpose utility knife and it was commonly used by school children for sharpening pencils, for craft projects and toys. \u003cem\u003eKiridashi\u003c\/em\u003e means 'pointed knife' and references the angled tip of these knives, which is typically around 25°.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKiridashi-kogatana\u003c\/em\u003e typically have a single bevel and a flat blade back, but double bevel knives are also available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraditionally, \u003cem\u003eKiridashi-kogatana\u003c\/em\u003e have a hand forged, laminated blade, which uses iron or mild steel for the handle and high carbon steel for the cutting edge, and they were supplied with or without a wooden handle and matching blade cover. 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Experienced Forge-Smith Takeshi Saji is flexible and aggressive for using various kinds of the fine Japanese steel materials. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#ffffff\"\u003eTraditional Japanese Kiridashi made of Hitachi Blue steel No.2 (Aogami) cutting edge forge layered with Brass\/Copper\/Stainless Multi Color Rainbow Damascus steel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#ffffff\"\u003e45mm single bevel cutting edge with flat and concave ground back. 180mm overall length. Weight 62g. 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Experienced Forge-Smith Takeshi Saji is flexible and aggressive for using various kinds of the fine Japanese steel materials. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#ffffff\"\u003eTraditional Japanese Kiridashi made of Hitachi Blue steel No.2 (Aogami) cutting edge forge layered with Brass\/Copper\/Stainless Multi Color Rainbow Damascus steel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraditional Japanese Kiridashi made of Hitachi Blue steel (Aogami) cutting edge forged layered with Brass\/Copper\/Stainless Damascus steel. 55mm single cutting edge with flat and concave ground back. 195mm overall length. 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