Kamo Hamono VG10 Tsuchime Damascus Shizuku Petty Knife

A petty knife occupies the space between a paring knife and a medium utility blade — precise enough for detailed work, long enough to handle tasks a shorter knife cannot. Kamo Hamono's Shizuku petty brings the same Damascus construction as the santoku in the series to a narrower, more pointed form suited to that range of work. The blade is built around a VG10 stainless core, layered in Damascus and finished with the tsuchime hammer marks that define the Shizuku series — rounded depressions across the upper surface that shift with the light and reference, in texture, the moment a water droplet forms before falling. Kamo Hamono forges at Takefu Knife Village in Echizen City, within a cutlery tradition the region has held for over 700 years. Katsuyasu Kamo, designated a traditional craftsman and the cooperative's founding chairman, built the workshop's reputation on advancing Echizen's forging methods without abandoning their foundation. The handle is stabilized karin burl wood with a water buffalo horn bolster, the figured grain running the full length.