What is a Shonen Knife ?
Feb 24, 2016 5:47:54 GMT -5
Post by tangerinesun on Feb 24, 2016 5:47:54 GMT -5
Naoko did clarify in an interview that her moment of inspiration came during a standardized English exam, and that the girl with the magical blade seated ahead of her was using her pencil knife to slit the paper wafer that held the test booklet closed.
When I run across that again, I can link it here.
Meanwhile, the folding knife trade is sickly in Japan, and the weapons fanciers at Unique Tactical are pretty
bummed about it. They'll happily sell you a Japanese clasp knife, as long as they can still get the real thing.
These don't look to be "Shonen Knife" branded pocket knives. That line may have died out.
... the Higonokami almost disappeared and if it survives today it is because of knife lovers
or of people nostalgic of their childhood, who kept the flame alive. Today the knife has lost
its popularity and a lot of young Japanese don’t even know anything about it.
Higonokami page at Unique Tactical Tools
uniquetactical.com/higonokami
With lots of photos, including of the tool shop and manufacturing process.
Like sausage, maybe you don't want to know. Tomo-san here has been making
them the same way since 1955, he was born in a cardboard box in back.
When I run across that again, I can link it here.
Meanwhile, the folding knife trade is sickly in Japan, and the weapons fanciers at Unique Tactical are pretty
bummed about it. They'll happily sell you a Japanese clasp knife, as long as they can still get the real thing.
These don't look to be "Shonen Knife" branded pocket knives. That line may have died out.
... the Higonokami almost disappeared and if it survives today it is because of knife lovers
or of people nostalgic of their childhood, who kept the flame alive. Today the knife has lost
its popularity and a lot of young Japanese don’t even know anything about it.
Higonokami page at Unique Tactical Tools
uniquetactical.com/higonokami
With lots of photos, including of the tool shop and manufacturing process.
Like sausage, maybe you don't want to know. Tomo-san here has been making
them the same way since 1955, he was born in a cardboard box in back.