Mr. Fumio Inagaki is my longtime friend since he was working for Master Seizo Imai 30 years ago. After opening his own workshop, he is aggressively attending many knife shows in Japan with his unique hand-made knives from miniature knives to large Bowie type knives. Mr. Inagaki Knife is tough and wild as same as his personal characteristics!

For years, we have been working for a project to produce the most durable forged blades using Japanese traditional "Tansetsu Warikomi" (鍛接割込) forge welding method, that requires long experienced special skills to wrap insert Hagane hard cutting steel (鋼) into Nantetsu soft steel (母材).

For this forging work, we chose the Tosa Blacksmith, Kosuke Muneishi, the 3rd generation of Muneishi Blacksmith family. He uses 40mm wide x 19mm thick Nantetsu soft steel forged 20 layers for outer base steel, and cut split by chisel Tagane and insert Aogami #2 (Hitachi Blue steel) cutting Hagane core into the split. Then, the repeated hammer hot forging makes two different steels bonding together and creates beautiful Damascus patterns. This is a time consuming process with skilled technology, and makes the most durable multi-layered blade to bending and breaking.

For the blade polishing and putting handle work, we chose Seki Custom Knifemaker, Fumio Inagaki. We have searched and imported rare Exotic wood materials for the handles. It took about a year to receive forged blade blanks from Master Muneichi, and then 3 months for Mr. Inagaki to finish the knives and sheaths. This collaboration work has combined Japanese traditional forged blade and western style handle, resulting a practical and durable knives for hard use. 

Black Persimmon wood handle with Brass Hilt and Nickel silver rivets, Hidden tang construction with brass tubular lanyard hole on end, Comes with custom made heavy duty Leather sheath with wood liner for perfect fitting

Aogami #2 Damascus blade in 5.3mm thick, 150mm blade, 270mm overall, Weight 260g

Specifications

Knife Model: Fumio Inagaki & Tosa Blacksmith, Kosuke Muneishi Collaboration MIC-30C Custom Medium Hunters
Blade Material: Aogami No.2 Damascus 
Rockwell Hardness (HRc):  62

Handle Material: Black Persimmon wood handle with Brass Hilt

Overall Length: 270mm
Blade Length: 150mm
Blade Thickness: 5.3mm
Weight: 260g

Custom Leather Sheath: Included.