Anyone else watch the new Ghibli movie and want the knife?

@edc

Studio Ghibli’s new movie, The Boy and the Heron, prominently places quite a few traditional Japanese knives, including kitchen knives, a sword, and the boy’s pocket knife, a Higonokami. They’re a carbon steel friction folder. I just thought it was a vibe seeing it in the movie.

If you want to buy one, fuck Amazon and Chinese copies, go directly to the source! https://higonokami-knife.com is the OG and even tells the story behind it

  • jtk@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Haven’t seen the movie but I’m in the market for a pocket knife, and that looks as cool as anything I’ve ever seen. I’m sold but all of my credit cards ran out of my wallet to hide when I opened the website.

    Edit: Got it anyway. Card didn’t remove themselves from PayPal :) I didn’t think there was any chance they were going to Use PayPal, even if they did, I would have assumed it would have to be done as a “gift to a friend”. I’ll be opening packages in major style for the rest of my life ✌️

    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      10 months ago

      When you watch Mononoke Hime, be sure to find a fansub for the original Japanese audio. Miramax (aka Disney) censored the giving of the knife pendant scene for no reason other than puritanical BS, and thereby gutted its reappearance in the third act. 🤌🏼