The Ancient Art of Forging Japanese Knives

At 30-years-old, Yu Kikuchi was tired of his job. Working in an assembly line that made turbines, he was aching to find a new lease on life. So when he heard about 80-year-old master blacksmith Kosaku Matsumura who made ‘’nata,” or Japanese hatchets, he knew he had found his calling. He moved to the countryside and asked Matsumura to take him on as an apprentice. While Kikuchi has less than thee years of experience under his belt compared to Matsumura's 50, the young man still hopes to one day be at the level of his master. When the time comes, he hopes to take on an apprentice of his own, passing on the blacksmith’s torch.
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[@DrX427]

For once, a video about a craft being kept alive instead of dying out!

[@Killatunga]

That's a wise guy right there. You can learn anything and everything, except how to think.

[@ryanse4]

Bruh what even? Apprenticeship isn't that rare. I live in a major city and my 17 year old friend is learning to be a blacksmith on the side and has a forge. This video makes it seem like the art is dying out...

[@newworldmusicministries726]

That was nice. I get it.. The moral of the story is, "why drive a car when you can drive a horse and carriage"

[@Wood_969]

Amazing. 💚

[@gersonbryan4731]

They look a like saibara "the old blacksmith" and grey "the apprentice that wear the same thing" in game Harvest Moon 🤔

[@JeremiahFernandez]

respect man

[@webbsb.4847]

The dieing breed.

[@fabizz9760]

Ir you guys like knives, should check kiwami japan. He makes knives with anything, cardboard, ice, wood, resine, rocks, chocolate, jello, sea water.

[@luuk5649]

Nice vid boys

[@machiawallace5990]

That bridge at

[@ItchyKneeSon]

I've been in Japan for over 8 years driving the narrow streets in my tiny Honda Today, but I had to rewind to

[@AMBOSS_Silesia]

As a selftaught blacksmith with 16 years of experience being 29 right now, and also with an industrial design degree, I totally agree with this. What I have learned, and still learning, for very long time could take less effort, much less mistakes and less time if I ever had a master to learn from. I'm glad I went to design collage becasue this taught me the most important thing in this, and ecery craft, what also was mentioned- the way of thinking about what you're doing.

[@matthewstewart5566]

Amazing, I'm always in awe at how you even find these small, interesting stories, and make it feel so important. Best channel on here, you guys give me hope for the future of KZbin

[@thestig3163]

Anyone notice the bridge at

[@claytonlynch6288]

Having worked and learned under someone doing more of a trade at a point in life, the thinking is the thing that really took the time to learn

[@InformationIsTheEdge]

I enjoyed that Very much! Keeping the art alive, passing the skills to the next generation. Very enjoyable.

[@avagarcia-blacker796]

I love these videos they are so amazing and I learn so much from these videos and now I know so much stuff from this Channel these videos 😊

[@raoulajay98]

The violin at the end was beautiful

[@jefkoele-wijn8872]

Blacksmithing is awesome !