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Gihei Kazahana Santoku HAP40 (universal knife) 165mm

€ 329,00 (including VAT)
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Gihei Kazahana Santoku HAP40

Double-sided sharpened 3-layer blade with a core of extremely hard stainless HAP40 steel. The blade is thin and manually sharpened. It has no thickenings which makes sharpening very easy. This universal knife is meant for very different jobs in the kitchen such as peeling, embossing, cutting and skinning of fish and meat. This knife has a oval-shaped handle and is therefore suitable for both right- and left handed use.

Gihei was established in 1928 in sanjo City (Niigata Prefecture), Gihei is one of the small but very innovative small blacksmith shops working in Sanjo city today. Gihei is known for producing top quality knives with excellent grinds. The heat treating is exceptional and they make these knives in small batches with tight controls on quality. Core of these blades are made of HAP40 or ZDP189 steel clad with stainless steel which is one of the best in terms of wear resistance on the market today. These knives are heat treated flawlessly at 65-66 Rockwell and they take a great edge and hold it for an incredibly long time. Atsushi Hosokawa is the current owner and uses only the best steels available such as ZDP189 and HAP40. We visited mr Hosokawa's workshop in 2019.

  • Blade length: 165 mm
  • Total length: 310 mm
  • Weight: 156 gram
  • Steel type: core steel: Japanese HAP40 (stainless) steel with a softer stainless steel type (SUS405) for the outside.
  • Hardness: 65-66 (Rockwell C)
  • Handle: Oval magnolia wood with a black buffalo horn bolster.
  • Special features: This knife has a traditional handle with a traditional double-sided sharpned Sanmai forged blade

Like all Japanese knives, the Gihei knives are not dishwasher safe, clean and dry after every use is the best treatment for these exclusive products.

There are no wooden sayas available for this knife.

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