UTILITY SANTOKU KNIFE STAINLESS 7" / 18cm GOKADEN POWDER STEEL

HIGH SPEED HIGH CARBON POWDER STAINLESS STEEL IS ABLE TO MAINTAIN ITS SHARPNESS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE OF ITS HARDNESS, RESISTANCE TO RUST AND SUPERIOR RESISTANCE TO ABRASION. ORIGINALLY, THIS TYPE OF STEEL WAS USED FOR PROCESSING METALS, AND IN TOOLS FOR PUNCHING OUT STEEL PLATES. THIS HIGH SPEED HIGH CARBON STAINLESS STEEL IS AN IMPROVED TYPE OF THIS STEEL FOR KNIVES SPECIFICATIONS BLADE LENGTH : 180MM (7") MATERIAL : HIGH SPEED HIGH CARBON POWDER STAINLESS STEEL EDGE STYLE : : DOUBLE EDGED HANDLE MATERIAL : Wooden compressed laminated - Linen. Very strong. MESSAGE FROM MASAZUMI HIROTA AN OWNER OF HITACHIYA USA "THIS KNIFE IS PROCESSED TO GIVE IT AN UNUSUAL BLACK APPEARANCE ON THE SURFACE. " HISTORY OF GOKADEN JAPANESE SWORDS WERE RESEARCHED AFTER EVERY BATTLE AND WERE RENOVATED TO IMPROVE ITS EFFECTS. FURTHERMORE, MANY TALENTED BLACKSMITHS STARTED EMERGING DURING THE LATE HEIAN TO THE KAMAKURA PERIOD AND FIVE PRODUCING DISTRICTS-YAMATO, BIZEN, YAMASHIRO, SOUSHU, MINO-WERE ESTABLISHED, EACH WITH THEIR OWN STYLE AND TECHNIQUE IN FORGING JAPANESE SWORDS. IN THE KATANA INDUSTRY, THESE FIVE AREAS BECAME GENERICALLY KNOWN AS THE “GOKADEN” DURING THE MEIJI PERIOD(1868-1911) AFTER MASA VISITED THESE AREAS AND HE SAID TO HIMSELF, GOKADEN WOULD BE THE PERFECT NAME FOR HIS KNIVES. HIS KNIVES ARE REFLECTION OF TRADITIONAL ART OF JAPANESE SWORD WHICH HAND FORGED BY SKILLED CRAFTSMAN, SHARP AS A RAZOR AND EDGE RETENTION IS LIKE NO OTHER. THE JAPANESE TRADITION OF BEAUTY AND EXCELLENCE THAT’S WHAT HITACHIYA KNIVES ARE. MASA BELIEVES ONE GREAT KNIFE CAN BE CHERISHED FOR A LIFETIME. HE SINCERELY HOPE THAT HITACHIYA KNIFE WILL BE THE YOUR ONE.

• UTILITY SANTOKU KNIFE with POWDER STEEL