Rokkakudo, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City Kintaka cutlery long-established store 7th Generation Yoshitaka Yamada steel If the temperature rises too much, the steel will be damaged, so we are adjusting It's about 1200-1300 degrees here (yellow area) Next is the forge welding work, where steel and soft iron are brought together The temperature of the fire Checking the temperature by looking at the red color You can see the temperature I'm doing it indifferently and easily, but it takes about 10 years to be able to do this I also had a series of failures Some blades take longer with different blades This is the end of making fire Various sizes from coarse to fine Next, make this straight back side R (R) Make it clean like this This also requires a lot of skill.If you don't apply it well like this, it will be rattled. It hits cleanly with this This part hits the steel stamp that i made The finish is completely different between doing it by machine and doing it by hand. and sideways And keep this corner a little Then my hands won't hurt Even if you don't know how it was made, you can feel that it is comfortable to hold. Quenching completed this is the finish
