Gihei Kazahana Santoku HAP40 (universal knife) 165mmGihei 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…€ 329,00
Gihei Kazahana Jigata Nakiri HAP40 (Vegetable knife) 165mmGihei Kazahana Nakiri HAP40
Double-sided sharpened 3-layer blade with a core of extremely hard stainless steel HAP40 steel. The blade is thin and manually sharpened. It has no thickening which makes sharpening very easy. This…€ 329,00
Gihei Zuika Santoku ZDP189 (universal knife ) 165mm -Keyaki handle-Gihei Zuika Santoku ZDP189
Double-sided sharpened 3-layer blade with a core of the special and extremely hard stainless ZDP-189 steel. The blade is thin and manually sharpened. It has no thickening which makes sharpening very…€ 439,00
Gihei Zuika Nakiri Jigata ZDP189 (vegetable knife) 165mm -Keyaki handle-Gihei Zuika nakiri ZDP189
Double-sided sharpened 3-layer blade with a core of the special and extremely hard stainless ZDP-189 steel. The blade is thin and manually sharpened. It has no thickening which makes sharpening very…€ 439,00
Gihei Zuika Gyuto Kengata ZDP189 (chef's knife) 180mm -Keyaki handle-Gihei Zuika Kengata ZDP189
Double-sided sharpened 3-layer blade with a core of the special and extremely hard stainless ZDP-189 steel. The blade is thin and manually sharpened. It has no thickening which makes sharpening very…€ 459,00
Gihei (Sanjo)
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.
