Tsunehisa | SLD Washiji | Santoku 165mm | Oak Yaki VG1 free forging his blades from

free forging his blades from prewelded “Rikizai” steel and grinding the edge by hand

This is not a bone cleaver

The VG5 core steel of this knife is clad with stainless steel

Sakai Kikumori

This knife has a core of carbon steel and is clad with a carbon steel damascus

Tsunehisa | SLD Washiji | Santoku 165mm | Oak Yaki VG1 free forging his blades fromTsunehisa knives come from various blacksmiths and factories from around Japan. They make many different style blades made from a range of steels. High performing and affordable knives they are a great entry knife into the Japanese knife world. The Gyuto is the Japanese version of french Chefs knife. SLD semi stainless steel was originally designed by Hitachi for cutting other steels. It holds an edge as long as carbon steel but is much easier to care