165mm Tsunehisa Shirogami Tsuchime Wa Nakiri

The Tsunehisa line of knives are hand-made in Tosa, Japan, by a small team of skilled craftsmen at the Hokiyama factory, founded in 1919.

Location: Kochi, Japan

Line: Tsunehisa

Construction: San mai

Edge Steel: Shirogami #1

Cladding: Stainless Steel

Finish: Tsuchime

Edge Grind: 50/50 (Double Bevel)

Handle: Oval cherry with cherry ferrule

Weight: ~152g

Blade Length: 165mm

Overall Length: ~310mm

Thickness at Heel: ~2.3mm

Blade Height: ~51.6mm

The best sharpening tools for Japanese knives are leather strops and fine whetstones.

Japanese chef knives are brittle and are designed for cutting soft tissue foods. High Carbon steel chef knives can rust if not kept dry.