Interview with a Japanese Blacksmith: Moritaka Hamono

Interview with a Japanese Blacksmith: Moritaka Hamono. The Moritaka's have been forging blades for 31 generations. They started with swords made for the Buddhist army, and transitioned to making handmade Japanese kitchen knives once swords became less popular in Japan. Watch as members of the famed Moritaka family tell us about their swordmaking family's 720 year history of making blades, as well as the reasons they make their knives the hard way.

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