Hitachi steel Bonsai grafting knife

Grafting may be a challenge for Bonsai lovers, small Bonsai trees require more delicacy and finer work to success in graftage. Fine Bonsai grafting knife is a wonderful helpful tool that allows you to do small fine cuts to join parts precisely.

Japanese Bonsai knifes are made from the same steels with the same technologies as famous Japanese kitchen knives and swords. Japanese word “kireaji” means “taste of cutting”, “feeling of cutting”. This is the way Japanese people judge if the blade is sharp enough, if it has good “kireaji” or not. This Bonsai grafting knife is made from the from Shirogami steel, White Paper Hitachi steel produced by Hitachi Metals. This carbon steel type contains minimum impurities that is ever possible with the latest technologies. Shirogami steel is made from iron ore sand that is so rich it can be extracted from river beds with magnets. White Paper Hitachi steel is extremely fine grained and once forged and heat treated, it gets very good edge holding and very high hardness.

This Bonsai knife for graftage has a traditional form of a short straight‐bladed knife with the cutting-edge set at an angle. This particular form allows the most precise cutting to get the parts of tress join together perfectly. Super lightweight! 55 g for a 20 cm knife made from pure steel!

Size: 200 mm

Weight: 55 g

Material: Hitachi Shirogami steel

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