Description
⚡Nigara Hamono SG Strix Powder HSS Petty Knife 12cm / 15cm – Ebony Octagonal Handle⚡
🔥Brand: Nigara Hamono
🔪YouTube (Product Video):https://youtu.be/jr1YhFz3qSE
🔪Knife Type: Petty Knife
🔪Steel: SG Strix Powder HSS Steel
🔪Rust Resistance: High
🔪Size: 12cm / 15cm
🔪Handle: Ebony octagonal handle (ferrule varies)
🔪Saya: Optional add-on (multiple materials available)
🔪Thickness: approx. 1.8mm / 1.9mm
🔪Blade Width: approx. 3.3cm / 3.5cm
🔪Weight: approx. 82g / 93g
Brand Introduction
⭕Nigara Hamono is a historic blade-making workshop located in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture, with a history spanning over 350 years.
Renowned as one of Japan’s prestigious sword-making lineages, the tradition has been passed down to the eighth generation.
Its etched-pattern series is especially well known, and iconic works such as Onikiri and Fuji Tsuki Honyaki highlight the extraordinary level of Japanese metal craftsmanship.
Today, Nigara Hamono continues to push tradition and innovation to their limits, producing knives that combine outstanding performance with refined design.
Steel Introduction
⭕SPG STRIX Steel:
The newly developed “SPG STRIX®” steel incorporates traditional Japanese forging techniques while maintaining the machinability and durability of conventional stainless powder steels.
It achieves an exceptional hardness of HRC 65, placing it among the highest-grade stainless steels used for knives.
This steel delivers outstanding cutting performance from its extreme hardness, carbon-steel-like sharpenability and edge characteristics, along with excellent corrosion resistance and toughness—making it an ideal blade material.
Knife Type Introduction
⭕Petty Knife:
A compact and versatile knife ideal for peeling fruits and vegetables, as well as performing small or delicate cutting tasks.
Its agility makes it especially suitable for handling smaller ingredients and precise knife work.