The underlying philosophy behind this style of blade construction is typically Japanese. When
Europeans arrived in Nippon, they were called Nambam or southern barbarians. While the Japanese may
not have thought much of these uncouth foreigners, they did like some of the things they saw - like
firearms and European style armour. Those ideas were then fused with native designs.
In a similar manner, I wanted to make Western style knives (like hunters) but utilizing the construction
techniques of the Japanese to allow complete disassemble of the knife. To that end, these blades feature
copper habachi, fitted guards, and grips that slide off the tang when the allen-bolt in the handle is removed.
They are constructed to tight enough tolerances that they do not rattle but can be stripped down to the
components for maintenance and re-polishing.
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The bolt has been removed and the blade freed.
These are the component parts - grip, bolt, seppa, guard, habachi and blade
(include is a 'disassembly' kit - a wooden wedge and an allen wrench)
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