KUJIRA Knife

highlight(s):

An iron knife, having a shape of various whales. Its cute shape of Sperm Whale is best for kids to sharpen pencils safely.

dimensions (mm):

*Knife in the first slide
Sperm Whale w160 x h35

*Knife in the second slide
Minke Whale w170 x h40

*Knife in the third slide
Minke Whale2 w170 x h40

*Knife in the fourth slide
Fin Whale w170 x h38

*Knife in the fifth slide
Bryde's Whale　w180 x h35

*Letter knife in the sixth slide
Whale raising its fin above the water surface
w115 x h105

material(s):

*Knife
synthetic steel (iron)

*Case in the seventh - tenth slide
leather, brass

description(s):

"It would be nice if there is a knife with a round tip so that kids can use it to sharpen pencils." A smithy, Toru Yamashita, in Kochi-pref., Japan, first created a knife modeled after Sperm Whale based on such a request. Together with other variations of Kujira (whale) knives such as Fin Whale, Minke Whale, and Bryde's Whale, the product line became award-wining, popular souvenir items of Kochi-pref., Japan.