170mm Gihei Hosokawa HAP40 Santoku Yo Handle
170mm Gihei Hosokawa HAP40 Santoku Yo Handle
Gihei knives are made in Sanjo, Niigata prefecture by Mr. Takashi Hosokawa, a 5th generation knife-maker whose business was started over 80 years ago.
Location: Sanjo, Niigata prefecture, Japan.
Line: Hosokawa
Construction: San mai
Edge Steel: HAP40 powdered steel, HRC ~66
Cladding: Stainless Steel
Finish: Sand-blasted
Edge Grind: 50/50 (Double Bevel)
Handle: Pakka wood, fastened to a partial tang with 2 rivets. Partial tang knives offer sufficient strength and a blade-forward balance.
Weight: 126g
Blade Length: 170mm
Overall Length: 293mm
Thickness at Heel: ~1.6mm
Blade Height: ~45.8mm
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.
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Great knife, sharpened well and seems to be holding high sharpness very well (just what i was hoping for, so maybe some bias?). Anyway, the grind starts a fair bit down from the spine but due to thin blade stock and very good grind (I guess) it cuts like a laser none the less. This particular knife, though simple appearing, I would put right at the top of the heap on performance, so based on that metric, good price as well. Arrived timely from District Cutlery. Couldn't have asked for more.
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