The Hori Hori is the Japanese knife for all your gardening needs.
It is designed for working in the soil.
Historically used for gathering herbs, plants or medicinal roots in the wild.
A simple knife with a Japanese edge, it can be used as a digging tool or weed knife and makes an excellent planting trowel for small pots or bulbs. The blade is slightly concave, allowing it to pick up a little material (compost, sand, mortar, etc.).
This tool is also perfect for loosening the soil in flowerbeds.
Perfect for dividing clumps of perennials, rhizomes or bulbs, it is also useful for removing root balls from containers and cutting containers when planting...
Western gardeners are discovering it and love it
Its second cutting edge has an auxiliary saw, perfect for cutting ropes, removing small lignified branches or cutting small roots (it is not a tree saw...)
The black (and/or slightly bluish) blade is made of 3 mm S50C carbon steel, which is naturally resistant.
It is harder than stainless steel but sensitive to oxidation.
The body of the blade is protected from oxidation by bluing (prior chemical oxidation).
It extends into a Japanese beech handle.
Also available in stainless steel.
Please note that a garden knife, even a Japanese one, does not have the same finish as a Japanese kitchen knife ! It is made for working in the soil, so its sharpness and finish are limited.
In particular, the blade is varnished to protect it until it is delivered to the end user.
Production-related marks may be visible on the varnish. The marks and varnish will disappear with use, in contact with the ground. Marks on varnish are not a finishing problem. No complaints will be accepted in this regard. This is an agricultural tool, not a collector's knife.
Supplied with a black imitation leather vinyl case with a large belt loop (9 cm loop)
White Japanese lettering on the case recalls its original use (picking medicinal herbs in the mountains)
Blade length : 17 cm
Blade width : 42 mm
Carbon steel blade thickness : 3 cm
13 cm Japanese beech handle
Total length of tool : 30 cm.
Weight of tool : 225 g.
Total length of tool with sheath : 32 cm
Made in Japan.
