Hienn - Kensaki Yanagiba 300mm by Itsuo Doi

Hienn - Kensaki Yanagiba 300mm by Itsuo DoiHienn ( the Flying Swallow), , blue 2 yanagiba line forged by the 3rd generation of the Doi family: master Itsuo Doi. With mirror polished front side. I was able to meet Doi san in July 2014 at Aoki Hamono's factory in Sakai city. He is a very humble person, paitently explained a lot of the techniques in detail. It was a dream came true for a knifenut like me to see a master bladesmith in person. He demonstrated to us the complete process of forging a

The Byakko series comes standard with a ebony handle

An artificial Nagura Stone is included with each stone

The Tokujou line is the best-selling Japanese knife for professionals

who received the Sakai Traditional Craftsman award in 1996

Nagura Stone Included

intended for removing large amount of rust

While his main job is using CNC machines to mill all kinds of precise parts such as aluminum cell phone enclosure

People of then associate MADE IN CHINA with cheap quality stuff

Sugimoto Cutlery sharpens each of our knives diligently all by hand

0 mm Width of Spine at about 2cm from tip 1

The baseless version is popular because of its reduced shipping weight

Blue: #1000  (183×63×15mm)