Japanese Knife Master Hinoura
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- čas přidán 6. 07. 2024
- I am touring Hinoura Hamono knife factory. I get a chance to speak with Tsukasa and Mutsuki Hinoura about their lives are traditional Japanese knife makers. They make some of the best knives in Japan and to be able to sit down with them and get to know them has been one of the great honors of my life. Tsukasa san is one of the few people in Japan who is able to make a knife out of true Japanese Tamahagane. His knives are true works of art and a national treasure.
Hinoura Hamono is a knife-making workshop by Tsukasa Hinoura (日野浦 司) & Mutsumi Hinoura (日野浦 睦), the father and son team. Knifemaking by Hinoura can be traced back to the Meiji era when first-generation Hinoura, Shintaro Hinoura founded the knife forging business. Having moved to Sanjo city in Niigata in 1912, the Hinouras have been making knives there for over 100 years. Tsukasa Hinoura is a very discerning and low profile Echigo bladesmith, who is highly respected by top tier knife artisans in Japan.
As the 3rd generation of the knife forging family, Mr Tsukasa Hinoura almost ended the family tradition when he was a rebellious young man refusing to learn knife forging. However, when his father, Yujiro the 2nd generation Hinoura, fell ill and couldn't forge knives anymore, Tsukasa changed his mind and became a bladesmith. And in the less than ten years, he excelled in every level and his works are greatly admired by artisans in Sanjo, not only because of the beauty of his knives, but also his expression of that artisan soul.
His son, Mutsumi Hinoura entered the lifelong career of bladesmithing in 2001. The talent of knife forging has not escaped the family - in merely 8 years Mutsumi won the highest award for his work at the Seki Outdoor Knife Show. Today the father and son team has been making knives that are highly valued in both Japan and overseas.
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0:00 Burrfection is still alive
0:24 Hinoura Hamono factory tour
1:04 Experience Burrfection knife factory tours
2:17 what $400 will get you in Tokyo
2:37 Shinkansen in Tokyo
4:33 breakfast in Japan
5:04 Hinoura knife factory tour starts
6:33 The first Hinoura
7:20 Burrfection is lost
8:00 new Hinoura handles
10:00 History of Hinoura
10:14 profile of HInoura knives
12:47 Mutsumi Hinoura coolest grey hair
13:25 the most beautiful knife
13:50 Tamahagane knife
17:15 love of knife making and music
18:14 30 year old hunting knife
19:36 secret bamboo knife
22:00 Hinoura knife and fork set
22:30 whetstone collection
23:50 new entertainment studio
25:20 price of sushi in Japan
27:00 no more chasing CZcams's algorithm
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Your translator “mMmMmmMmMmmMmMmm” but More. We just want more. This format is epic. Please post more brother. Hope you’re well!
will make it happen
Long time. Welcome back. I watched your past videos a lot these days as I’m trying to learn sharpening myself. Very useful.
Not sure if someone already replied. Regarding what he said starting around 23:20, I don’t have enough context so take it with a grain of salt. The translator asked him if the steel is hard. Hiroura said it’s not hard at all. If it’s hard, when hammered it’ll sound like bang bang bang. It’ll get hardened once it’s cooled down though. He went on to say that to harden the steel he first needs to melt it, and normally people heat it to around 1200C but this steel won’t flatten at all even at that temperature.
Welcome back.
After really watching the video, I can honestly say that I do like the new format. I like the fact that you get a true sense of the feeling and vibe of traveling through Japan and visiting these amazing artisans, because unfortunately I do get the feeling that the true knife maker is a disappearing kind. I would love to see more content of the history of the different makers, their future goals and maybe even a run down of the makers and sharpeners to watch moving forward. The ones trailblazing into new directions, but most definitely also the ones that want to stay true to the old school tradition.
Thank you for the input. Will do more
Awesome to see Hinoura-san in his natural habitat! ❤
Couldn't agree more!
Keep it coming. Very nice to see Hinoura san talking about that old sakura knife and almost getting sentimental. Thanks
Your early videos taught me to sharpen, I'm still using my original 800 and 2k Choseras to this day. Looking forward to which direction you're going now, I love travel stuff.
Great to hear i have been helpful in some way. stay in touch.
Seriously Welcome Back !! Being Big Knife 🔪 Nut/ Nerd , But Do Like Well Done Travel Stuff Too Especially In Japan 🇯🇵!!! Likeing The Format , Interview Was EPIC !!! These Older Artists Are Fewer And Fewer!! Documentation Is A Must / A Need For Our Crazee Hobby / Interest !!! Plus Japan 🇯🇵 Is AWESOME!! Serious KEIRIN RACE BIKE FAN , HANDMADE Steel Frame Builders Also , And YAKATORI!!! 😋😜😉, So Again Really Glad Ur Back!!! Looking 👀 Very Forward To Ur Next Release!! BD!!! 😉😋😁🇺🇸🇯🇵🇺🇸🇯🇵🔪‼️💯
I love this format. The half-hour length is fine too. Keep up the good work.
Entertaining and informative, it walks the broad alley between painstaking minutia and a quick glance.
I'm very happy to see you back again. I credit you with getting me very interested in both sharpening and Japanese knives. Your early videos were very instructive. I look forward to more videos from you in the future.
Glad to see you back...
Cool video thanks Ryky glad you’re back !
More to come!
Good to see you back Ricky, I’ve enjoyed your content and the effort you put into making it.
Great video! Loved the rawness of it! Glad you’re back! Looking forward to your content brother!
Awesome! Thank you!
Ricki, I really hope all is well in your life that you need to take such a long break. The community is with you and your loved ones. All the best
Welcome back and i like this format.
Oh yuhhhh, longer the video the better, miss you man, glad you and the family are well. 👍🏽
More to come!
Loved it, missed your videos.
thank you for the feedback
i love this i’ve honestly just missed any of your content so much, i’m glad things are in a place for you to be making videos again! your channel has helped me learn and grow a lot
Thank you so much!!
Super cool video. Glad to have you back! Someday I hope to make it to Japan to see some of these incredible artisans in person.
Nice to see you again! Liked the video. Hope to see more.🙏🏼
Welcome back, missed your videos.
More to come!
Nice to have you back.🙂
Thanks! 🙂
Welcome back. 😃 Thank you for the video. I greatly enjoyed it. This would be a great format for future videos. I'll watch and like them all. 😃
will make sure i do my factory tours like this
You're back! Missed your content!!🎉
Yay! Thank you!
Welcome back! Thanks for showing us those beautiful knives! Lol! Love the passion in the art! Best wishes to you and your family. ✌️🇺🇸
Love your knifes man
thanks for the vid!!
You bet!
This is wild timing. I literally checked your channel late last night to see if you’d posted anything since I hadn’t seen you pop up in my feed for a while. Then today, this. Nice to see you back!
Hope you enjoyed it!
nice vid with live voice along...truly authentic felt immersed within your travel!! definitely need to visit Japan...!
Glad you enjoyed it!
He‘s back!
Beautiful come back riki. Ciao from Italy
Good to see ricky!
Love seing you back, I watch whatever you see worthy. But I love the longer Videos, especially those that show manufacturers and companies and their Heritage. Greetings from Germany
More to come!
Welcome back. It would be nice to see more beautiful knifes 😊👍🏻👍🏻
More to come!
I like this format more videos like that
more on the way
I always want to see more regarding knife making in Japan.
Good to c u again , greetings from sweden, beautiful knifes wow
Fun video! Thanks for sharing you experience :)
Thanks for watching!
nice to see you :)
Like it, interesting stuff.
I miss you man hope everything is OK
I'm curious how much is a Wagyu steak there?
it depends on the quality. If it's not A5 fancy style you get it for about 20$/kg at the supermarket. Damn good meat!
HES BACK
Do better? Haha just post content. We have all missed your enthusiasm.
thank you . will do
You're alive!
yup. alive and well. maybe a bit sleepy but i am well
Happy to see you again bro and I’d say that you seem older than previous videos show that waay long time passed.Greetings from Turkey.
I am! we all grow older
Hey Ricky, definitely enjoyed the video. A vlog-style shoot while traveling would be nice. Especially when visiting the knife factories.
thank you for the feedback
Live your life, man. We'll be here. This is a channel I am not expecting daily weekly or even monthly content. Even if you did wordless ASMR knife videos with no context. Don't care. Just enjoy what you do and we'll like it.
Great to see you back Riki - Hope you do many more of these Japanese visit videos!
I like the long format & that it shows you just as you are rather than over-edited.
That was a feature of your earlier videos - a very authentic Riki with all his perfect imperfections.
Sure - it's a little rough, but that will improve as you do more of them & figure out what to include & what to leave out.
You definitely need to do something about the translator - both so you get more out of your visits, and so you have more to share with us.
I wonder whether some kind of translation software might help, either on your phone or on your computer afterwards. I'm surprised what a good job Google Translate does with Japanese text, but I'm not sure if that applies to spoken Japanese.
Keep up the good work, and I hope to see you again soon! - Tom
thank you ! yeah i know i need a better translator. will have to work on that
Ive seen many of your videos even before burrfection was made. Before slowly fading out you made a lot of very long content and i got too busy to catch up with everything. I Chose some of my stones thanks to your help, although i rarely use them because im too lazy/busy to soak them or clean up. Belt grinder, travel sized diamond stone and strop are enough most of the time.
I really enjoyed your last tour video, it was nicely edited and showed the most interesting parts and the passion of the people there. It comes to my mind every once in a while. This format is not as sleek as an edited "documentary" with music and all but its the easiest for you to make as you dont need to spend countless hours editing and still delivers all the content in an enjoyable way. I am all for it.
These days translations and AI are pretty fast and powerful, it would be great to just record them talking in japanese and translate it with subtitles later. Perhaps you can see the subtitles on air with us for the first time and we can enjoy your surprise on some of what was said too!
thank you for the input, and i'll see how i can implement the suggestions
Nice to see you again 👍 Greetings from Poland 👋
Hello there!
Hinoura’s are flat out gorgeous and works of art. Yes, they are hefty (and hefty in cost, but no one else does steel work like that anymore. Fortunate to have handled some at Knifewear
yeah. they are good stuff
Awesome bro long time don't see you
i'm back
I do like this format very much but as others have said, just good to see you back.
I do make slab tables, let's talk
you DO?? send me a message ryky@burrfection.com. would love to see your stuff
Thumbs up
Let's go brother, awesome vid. Don't forget to visit some legendary sharpeners, who solely sharpen blades, that would be dope!
you would know. we need to connect in Japan sooner or later
Loved the format. Subtitles on Japanese would be great, if you manage to get someone translate it.
Go long format 👌
Hallo Ricky, greatings from Austria, Salzburg!
Hello there! will have to visit your country one day
Good to see you back. With the longer form video, there is a much more nuanced and intimate subject. You don't need to edit out so many bits and pieces in order to make a fit - essentially what you are saying in the dialogue. On the subject of every day prices, I was flabbergasted at how cheap things were. I'd have lunch with a beer or two for under ten dollars. As for the knives, that steel bamboo handle is abso-bloody-lutely beautiful. Good job and thanks.
food is so incredibly good and affordable in Japan
Gorgeus blades thats for sure. My favorite blade i have is a magnacut chef knife at 64 hrc and outdoor knife at 63 hrc also in magnacut i absoluttely love that steel. Hope all is well with you and yours mate.
ouch, nice choice of steel you have there. i love Magnacut
magnacut is good stuff
@@Burrfection yes sir it is
What is the brand of chef's knife you have in magnacut?
@@jab0321 they are custom made from a friend.
i like it would like to see more knife makers aslo do you know of Takahiro Nihei
This is a good format. The information is what is important, no matter how long or short. Thanks for the vid. Keep them coming.
More to come!
I have a couple knives made by Mutsumi. I would love to have some knives made by Tsukasa.
nice work on the knives you have. i hope to own at least one by Tsukasa one day
Welcome back Ryky! I pretty much enjoy all of your formats 🤷🏽♂️ I did really enjoy this one though, because it was so informative and interesting. Of course there’s a time for short form stuff, but there’s no way to convey this much of the experience and info.
It would be DIFFICULT to become fluent enough to not need a translator, but the more you know, the better chance you’ll have of picking out bits and pieces as they’re speaking. I’m guessing you just hire a translator there? Maybe you will find one that you like better and can work more exclusively with them when you travel. Another thought is to just ask them to translate in paragraphs/sentences/thoughts. Oh, and here’s a HUGE THOUGHT … have a translator app running on your phone the whole time so you can read whatever it can pick up!!! I’m sure you want to focus on the speaker, and culturally it may be considered rude to not look at them while they speak, but if you have to wait for your human translator to tell you what was said, you’re essentially just standing there for minutes looking at them without comprehending.
Are you still up here in NoCal? If so, let me know if you’d like some help getting set up in your new place!
thanks for the input. true, learning enough Japanese will be tough, so i'll have to take it seriously, if i really want to communicate casually. never enough time these days to just have fun and learn a language. such is life.
Oh man, I swear I can SMELL the bullet train. Something so very '90s about Japan, and I want to go back again so bad.
i hear you. time to head back!
9:32 The first word on the handle might read パドック which might refer to African Padauk wood.
23:20 rough translation, I wish my wife was here but she's on a trip. Q:How hard is it?
A: It's not that it's hard, with heat it will get hard. but no matter if I hit it over and over, look I can hit hard enough that it turns red hot and hit it 10000 times until I can't, the metal won't stretch.
From my limited amount of Japanese. I'll ask again when my wife gets back next week. I'm pretty sure I missed nuances in what he was saying.
haha. i love it
23:40s Translator asks if the steel in his hand is very hard. He says that it is not really a matter or being hard but that while "...most steels will melt at about 1,200C, this one will not even stretch at that temperature..." something like that.
haha. thank you!
Oh man… 🥺 This is a sad swede typing. My house is full of problems, lawsuit is going on and my job gave me heart problems. Your videos make me happy though. 😢 My dream is to have one single knife that you recommend. That would be a dream.
Haha. Thank you!
You have to make mire videos
doing my best
Welcome back! I got to say that your translator did you a disservice, regrettably. He should have been "working" for you. That translator should have been telling Tsukasa and Mutsuki Hinoura that he needed to tell you what he was saying. Terrible translator regrettably. He was not working for you. You should have said to him "mMmMmmMmmMmmmMmm your fired!" LOL, but really you'd have been better off without him. Very cool you went solo.
yeah, i'm working on that part. thank you for the input!
This format is great. Also, you probably need to change your translator. 😂
My thoughts are you should focus more time on learning Japanese so you don't have to depend on others. Your channel is worth learning to pass that information on to us plebs.
oh man.... that's not easy.
I think its the way forward if thats what you like. You need to learn it really
Your translator making sounds like a car that won’t start rather than translating for you 🤣
oh man.... tell me about it.... could have been worse
She seems nice
she......
Typo sorry for the disrespect
At Minute 23:40 he got asked about the hardness of that metal. He says it is not that hard because at 1200 degrees (Celsius) it's not that hard anymore....
I didn't understand everything but my wife is Japanese. So it should be correct. But without hearing everything it's a little hard to get...
Thank you!
@@Burrfection you're welcome!
Yoo. Whats up
Where hava ye been?
life
@@Burrfection i wait too long, man
Very nice, but please some times get back to a simple sharpening knives video, talking about them, showing how to do it. how your sharpening aged. ;-)
Cheers
Will do
I must chide you on your store. Every item I check out is [SOLD OUT] 😭😢
Like the _Hinoura "Ajikataya" Shirogami #2 Kurouchi Tsuchime 240mm Gyuto._
It's high time I made another trip to *Korin* knives in *NYC.*
Will work on getting more
You're like the Huell Howser of Japan
Good o Huell
can you stain wood on a knife?
Yup. But most people just use oil
Welcome back, Sir.
Great job.
Is there any translation software you can overlay?
All the very best
ooh. good suggestion. will have to look into it. if i have a language locked in for a video, may have to do multiple versions for different languages. will see what i can do.
Regarding Tamahagane, please please understand the reasons why it is so highly regarded. At one point it was made for the sword- ni hon-to exclusively. The tatara or furnace was built by hand by a group of highly dedicated kaji who made it together as a special highly ritualized process. Today it is different in most areas but the origins are for lack of a better word- sacred. Very very few people are able to obtain tamahagane in its best form. Therefore any limitations placed on its use and movement are specially restricted. Forgive me but it is bordering insult even to ask to buy a product made from it without being on the so called inner circle. Most respectfully I mean no harm in what I say. My friend and teacher Osaki Shigeharu Yasumune impressed reverence upon me for all aspects of the sword from the iron sand to the very end🙏
Appreciate the wisdom
The format is ok, but the translator should be forced to extract more information.
Woah there, mate. You say the seats in a Shinkansen are cleaner than an airliner? Well, that is ONLY true if you compare first-class Shinkansen to Economy airline seats. The regular Shinkansen seats SUCK BALLS! No legroom, tiny window, I suppose they’re just “normal” clean, and the air is rotten like canned air in early 2000’s aircraft before airliners figured out how to make a good indoor climate.
Shinkansen is expensive, very very fast, kind of neat. And loses hard to regular seating on similar trains in nearby counties. Korea, for example, has great regular seating and super nice service on its high-speed trains. I would recommend traveling by one of you ever go.
well. time to start traveling more so i can experience what you are talking about
@@Burrfection Highly recommend it :)
In some regards, Korea is easier to travel than Japan. Granted, most Koreans are just as reluctant to speak English as the Japanese, but road signs and station names are most often written with the Latin alphabet as well as Hangul.
There are some great bladesmiths in Korea, though I haven’t gone out of my way to encounter any yet. I just know from a friend’s cooking knives that there are at least people putting good designs and good materials together with some skill. With any luck, you might tell us more if you ever do some searching :)
Everything is sold out 😢
Sorry. Will work on getting more.
5 min vids mate.
i'm too lazy
Who really has the time to watch more than 5 min videos. Just like a book v a movie, I can watch a block buster movie based on a book in 1 .5 hrs or read the 500 plus page book over weeks.
Get the message across and move on.
After seeing you praise Quantum TV on his channel, I had to unsub from you. The guy is a nut case and you praise him.
@burrfection in the house 🙌🏼
YU KEI!!!!
Greetings from Denmark, welcome back you where surely mist!
Hello there!