Hunting knives

These blades are made from Hitachi blue steel laminated wrought iron. These traditional Japanese hand forged blades are razor sharp, please exercise caution when using! Echigo-Santou Click the photo! Total length: 380mm Blade: 210mm Thickness: 5mm Double bevel, blade: blue steel, Togidashi sharpening, Handle: Cherry blossom, Ho wood sheath Okuotani-Tou 210mm Click the photo! Total length: 355mm Blade: 210mm Thickness: 5mm width: 50mm. Single bevel, blade: blue steel, Togidashi sharpening, Ho wood sheath Matagi-Shotou Click the photo! Total length: 290mm Blade: 135mm Thickness: 5mm Blade: blue steel, , Togidashi sharpening, handle: lather, lather sheath. You can choose double bevel or single bevel. The prices Echigo-Santou 210mm US$390.00 Echigo-Santou 240mm US$410.00 Okuotani-Tou 210mm single bevel US$390.00 Okuotani-Tou 210mm double bevel US$420.00 Okuotani-Tou 240mm single bevel US$410.00 Okuotani-Tou 240mm double bevel US$450.00 Matagi-Shotou single bevel US$270.00 Matagi-Shotou double bevel US$270.00 Shipping your charge (Shipped Internationally)

Okuotani-Tou

The Ikarashi River, which runs from Shitada village high in the mountains of Niigata-ken to Sanjyo city, always carries to us pure, clean water. We call the source of this river "Okuotani". This rugged wild place is inhabited by bears and Japanese antelope even today. The Okuotani-Tou (also called the Fukuronagasa) was named after the favorite knife used by hunters in Okuotani. This knife has a tough blade, so you can use it to chop through a branch like an axe. The peculiar hollow handle has various uses. For example, the knife can be affixed to a rod of oak, Keyaki or any other wood to provide a longer reach. This is particularly useful when you want to cut a wild vine beyond your reach and get mushrooms from high trees. Bear hunters insert a 1.5m wood rod for close fighting in an emergency. They plant the butt of their Okuotani-Tou in the ground close at the hand with their rifle at the ready. When bears attack, they always rear over the man. The hunter falls backward when the bear comes down and thrusts the Okuotani-Tou into the bear's belly while the butt of the Okuotani-Tou is planted firmly in the ground. This strategy has actually saved several people.