Kiritsuke Gyuto knife, Aogami 1 carbon steel with iron cladding, Migaki finish, Yoake range – Hatsukokoro

Description

Some more premium Sanjo knives with a classic look and excellent blade detailing.

SHAPE: Kiritsuke gyuto. This is basically a Gyuto with a funky drop tip on it. Sometimes they can have a flatter profile more suited to slicing but generally they are very similar to Gyutos.

STEEL: Aogami (blue paper) 1 steel. This is very similar to white paper steel but with tungsten and chromium added to it which helps with edge retention and slows down rusting. The difference between blue 1 and 2 is the amount of carbon present with 1 being the highest. Due to the non stainless nature of this steel care must be taken to dry the knives properly after use.

FINISH: Polished, or Migaki

HANDLE: Octagonal ebony handle with black buffalo horn ferule.

BLADE LENGTH: 240mm blade length.

MAKER: Hatsukokoro

RANGE: Yoake