Hand made, hand forged Kiritsuke Chef Knife. This Kiritsuke is a Japanese style Chef Knife with western influences. This style knife is more of an all around or general purpose chef knife. It can process protein, vegetables, can be used for chopping and many other kitchen duties. This knife has a cutting edge of 9 inches and a blade height of 2 1/16 inches at the heel and reduces down to 1 1/4 at the toe. The steel used is 1095 high carbon, it has been heat treated and tempered to approx. 61 on the Rockwell hardness scale. The handle on the knife is made up of stabilized and dyed Curly Red Oak and Leopard Wood at the bolster. True Stone and White G10 spacers, White liners and Brown micarta pins complete the build. This blade also comes with a hand made leather Saya (sheath).
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