Yamamoto Hamono Nakiri-bocho 138mm Aogami #1

Here a nakiri, there a nakiri, everywhere a nakiri. It seems every everyday knife in Yamamoto san's showroom he called a nakiri. So shall we. This nakiri is aogami #1 (uncommon), pointy and very light. 

It was on another circuit of Kyushu, clockwise this time on a route that passes through Hyuga city on the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture, that we had the chance to drop in on the man who we believe to be the oldest active bladesmith in Japan, Yamamoto san, to see what he had. He had this. 

More famous for his forestry nata than his knives, admired for his longevity as much as his work, Yamamoto san is nudging ninety-five and still forging.