Tsunehisa Ginsan Migaki Santoku 165mm
$199.95
Hatsukokoro x Yoshihiro Yauji Blue 2 Damascus Yanagiba 240mm
$459.95
At a glance
- Maker
- Hatsukokoro
- Made in
- Japan
Often on the same table
This is a Hatsukokoro collaboration yanagiba by Yoshihiro Yauji, a single-bevel sashimi knife forged in the Takefu Knife Village tradition.
Yauji trained under Hideo Kitaoka, one of Japan's foremost single-bevel specialists, and does both the forging and the sharpening himself in genuinely small numbers, with Hatsukokoro commissioning and distributing the line. The blade is a blue no. 2 carbon core hand-laminated in soft iron damascus, polished to a hazy kasumi finish that reads like natural stone, and for a yanagiba the spine is notably thin, closer to a takobiki, so it feels lighter and more nimble than the type suggests. The single bevel and thin edge slice delicate proteins cleanly, which is exactly what this knife is built for.
The source's own routine for a carbon or clad blade like this: wash with neutral detergent and wipe dry after use, never a dishwasher, keep it away from long heat, and oil it before storing it up. No bone hacking, and a waterstone rather than a gadget when the edge slows. The whole blade is iron-clad carbon, so it needs the full rust routine: dry after use, oil before long storage.
Most of our products are handmade in Japan, and sometimes the one that you receive maybe slightly different to the photo. This is very common and in no way it will affect the performance of the product.
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