Sadakoma Higo no Kami are made by Mr. Motosuke Nagao who lives in Miki City. His great-grandfather, Komataro, made knives and his grandfather, Shigeji, as well.

In 1894 a distributor brought two knives from Kumamoto prefecture to Mr. Shigeji Nagao and another blacksmith. They changed their style to a folding knife and named them Higo no Kami.  Higo no Kami became very popular because they were sharp, easy to use and cheap.

There were many Higo no Kami makers in Miki and other prefectures. Some of the makers made inferior products. So in 1907, the Miki knife makers association registered a trademark of Higo no Kami and permitted only members of the association to call their knives Higo no Kami. At present the only member of the association is Mr. Nagao.