This is a mid-carbon stainless steel chef knife designed to cut produce and boneless meats.
Pros: Stainless steel, ambidextrous handle, easy to hone.
Cons: Edge retention not as good as VG10 blades at this price point.
The Tsunehisa line of knives are hand-made in Tosa, Japan by the Hokiyama factory. This factory specializes in making knives for many different wholesalers who then stamp their own brand onto the knives. This results in price mark-ups. We prefer the factory stamp to keep the price as low as possible. Tsunehisa knives offer one of the best ways to get high-performance knives at the lowest possible price.
The blades are polished san-mai 19C27 Swedish steel. HRC ~60. 19C27 is similar to AEBL
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.
