Kiritsuke Sujihiki knife, Aogami Super carbon steel with iron cladding, wave shaped Damascus finish, honwarikomi construction - Miyazaki

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Description

SHAPE: Sujihiki. A slicing knife similar to the yanagiba sushi knife but with a western double bevel. Very adept at cutting in one continuous movement causing minimal damage to the protein.This version has a dropped tip, characteristic of a Kiritsuke.

STEEL: Aogami (blue paper) super 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 super part indicates the highest amount of carbon steel - at up to 1.5% - out of the blue series steels. This has then been hardened to 63-64 rockwell making it very hard and capable of retaining an edge for a very long time. The blue steel core has then been wrapped in stainless steel making maintenance easy.

FINISH: Damascus or suminagashi. This type of finish is made by creating a Kitaeji, which is produced by repeatedly folding/stacking then compressing two different steels until they create a laminated pattern. This can then be manipulated in various ways to produce the maker’s desired pattern effect. This material is then clad around the core metal of the blade as an elaborate protective layer for the core steel - thus giving the knife a beautiful and striking appearance.

HANDLE: Octagonal dyed and stabilised Maple handle and ferule with a white spacer

LENGTH: 300mm

MAKER: Haruki Miyazaki, Goto Islands, Nagasaki prefecture

SAUNDERS SAYS: "Very nice piece of kit. Have really enjoyed seeing his unique interpretations of various shapes, this being no exception"

WHEN WILL MY ORDER ARRIVE?

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DO YOU DO GIFT WRAPPING?

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WHAT IF I WANT TO RETURN IT?

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