Masuda White 2 Kurouchi Kiridashi 24mmKiridashi is a traditional Japanese carving knife. It is single bevel and used for woodworking and food garnishing. Kiridashi is a very popular type of common tools in Japan, many famous makers offer Kiridashi: Iwazaki, Shigefusa, Kato, Hinoura all made Kiridashi. Masuda is a sanjo workshop that is very famous for its woodworking tools, they are very good at heat treating the White 2 steel. I find the Masuda kiridashi is very well made and the price

Adding the risk of knife being damaged during transportation

The small santoku is more handy than regular santoku and more versatile than petty

The cabbage salad shredder by Chiba can turn a half cabbage into finely sliced salad very quickly

6 mm Width of Spine at Middle of Blade 2

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Ho-wood Moribashi (Plating chopsticks) with ebony and buffalo horn

Masutani produces these knives in Takefu Knife Village with a focus on excellent grinding and out-of-the-box sharpness

Comapred to Tojiro which is more of a household oriented brand

It is able to produce a very high heat (about 1200 degrees) and maintain a steady heat release for serval hours

Takefu VG10 steel achieves a hardness of 59-61 HRC

As “The three major origins of blades in the world”

Blue 1 steel achieves 61-64 HRC and requires regular wiping and drying after use as the reactive carbon core develops a patina over time