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Japanese Kitchen Chef Knife by Shinichi Watanabe.
The Kinataro-Ame steel is achieved through a process of three different metals welded, heated, forged, hammered, folded, shaped and ground. This material is hard and tough. The traditional blade is quite different from its Western knives. First, it is a hand laminated blade with a very hard stainless steel (Rc62 to Rc64) laminated to between two pieces of soft stainless steel. The use of very hard stainless steel requires the soft stainless steel both for the damping qualities and to provide an element of toughness that the steel alone would not have. Second, Japanese knives take a very fine edge and can cut paper-thin slices of meat or vegetables. Stainless steel Kintaro ame Gyuto knife Double bevel, Kintaro ame stainless steel V-Gold W, Ebony octagon wood with water buffalo horn hilt Double bevel Blade 210 mm Width 45 mm Thickness: Tapered spine 4 - 2 mm Sold out Blade 240 mm Width 50 mm Thickness: Tapered spine 4 - 2 mm Sold out Blade 270 mm Width 55 mm Thickness: Tapered spine 4.5 - 2 mm $1,100.00 1pc in stock >Double bevel for right and mirror polished. Blade 210 mm Width 45 mm Thickness: Tapered spine 4 - 2 mm $1,010.00 1pc in stock Blade 240 mm Width 50 mm Thickness: Tapered spine 4 - 2 mm $1,100.00 1pc in stock Shipping your charge (Shipped Internationally)  |
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| The evidence of hand forged... Tapered spines |
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| Our handmade knives with tapered spines are light and strong. Western knives and machine made Japanese knives are made by pressing a steel sheet and welding to the handle. The welded mark is shaped and polished so the neck become the same thickness or a little thinner (about 0.1mm) than the blade. The neck is the weak point. The neck can be easily bent and broken. This is not the case with our hand forged blades with tapered spines. The neck is much thicker than the blade face. So our blades are structurally more sound and well balance. How to judge hand forged blade or stamped blade. You can judge it with the spine. The stamped blades are made from steel sheet with pressing machine. So the thickness is flat. Today, the traditional hand forged blade maker like us are rare in even Japan. For example, there are no longer hand forged knife maker in Seki city, there are only machine factories. Forge welding makes good balance and strong blade. The forged edge has well sharpness and long retention. |
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