Tsunehisa AS Western Handle Blue Super Steel 210mm Kiritsuke Chef Knife

This is a food prep knife designed for users who value maximum edge retention and who can exercise great care to prevent the edge from chipping.

Pros: Sharpness, edge retention, mostly stain-free, ambidextrous handle, easy to keep sharp.

Cons: Fragile

The Tsunehisa line of knives are hand-made in Sakai, Japan, by different teams of skilled craftsmen.

The blades are Aogami Super steel (aka blue super) with a hammered kurouchi finish

The handles pakka wood and triple-riveted to a full tang.

Japanese chef knives are brittle and the blades can chip if not handled carefully. High Carbon steel chef knives can rust and corrode if not dried promptly and kept dry.