Sakimaru Yanagiba: Serving the same purpose as the traditional yanagiba, the sakimaru variation features a stylish sword tip and slightly more curve to the belly.
Yanagiba (Willow Leaf): A single bevel knife used for slicing fish and meat. Generally very thin at the edge for precision knife work, it is designed for the pull cutting technique used by sushi chefs. The single bevel design allows the knife to glide through the knife disturbing as little protein molecules as possible. This all results in shiny uniform slices of food, perfect for raw presentation.d
Knife Specs:
Knife specs are taken from a randomly selected knife. These specs may vary from knife to knife due to the handmade nature of our products.
- Steel: Blue #2
- HRC: 62~64
- Edge Length: 290 mm
- Height at heel: 38.88 mm
- Distal Taper Heel: 5.09 mm
- Distal Taper Mid: 3.9 mm
- Distal Taper Tip: 0.61 mm
- Weight: 308 grams
- Handle: Octagonal Karin Wood w/Buffalo Horn Collar
- Shape: Sakimaru Yanagiba
- Finish: Acid Etch Honyaki w/Hamon
- Cladding: N/A
- Construction: Mizu Honyaki (Water Quenched)
- Edge bevel: Single
- Knife Line: Blue #2 Honyaki
- Blacksmith: Gō Yoshizawa
- Maker: Nigara Hamono 二唐刃物鍛造所
- Sharpener: Maruyama Atusushi (Nigara Hamono)
- Place of Origin: Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Sakimaru Yanagiba: Serving the same purpose as the traditional yanagiba, the sakimaru variation features a stylish sword tip and slightly more curve to the belly.
Yanagiba (Willow Leaf): A single bevel knife used for slicing fish and meat. Generally very thin at the edge for precision knife work, it is designed for the pull cutting technique used by sushi chefs. The single bevel design allows the knife to glide through the knife disturbing as little protein molecules as possible. This all results in shiny uniform slices of food, perfect for raw presentation.d
Knife Specs:
Knife specs are taken from a randomly selected knife. These specs may vary from knife to knife due to the handmade nature of our products.
- Steel: Blue #2
- HRC: 62~64
- Edge Length: 290 mm
- Height at heel: 38.88 mm
- Distal Taper Heel: 5.09 mm
- Distal Taper Mid: 3.9 mm
- Distal Taper Tip: 0.61 mm
- Weight: 308 grams
- Handle: Octagonal Karin Wood w/Buffalo Horn Collar
- Shape: Sakimaru Yanagiba
- Finish: Acid Etch Honyaki w/Hamon
- Cladding: N/A
- Construction: Mizu Honyaki (Water Quenched)
- Edge bevel: Single
- Knife Line: Blue #2 Honyaki
- Blacksmith: Gō Yoshizawa
- Maker: Nigara Hamono 二唐刃物鍛造所
- Sharpener: Maruyama Atusushi (Nigara Hamono)
- Place of Origin: Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
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