Yanagiba (Willow Leaf): A single bevel knife used for slicing raw fish. Generally very thin at the edge for precision knife work, it is designed for the pull cutting technique used by sushi chefs. The single bevel design allows the knife to glide through the knife disturbing as little protein molecules as possible. This all results in shiny slices of food, perfect for raw presentation.
Knife Specs:
Knife specs are taken from a randomly selected knife. These specs may vary from knife to knife due to the handmade nature of our products.
- Steel: Blue2 / White2
- HRC: 62~64
- Edge Length: 298 mm
- Height at heel: 41.24 mm
- Distal Taper Heel: 4.72 mm
- Distal Taper Mid: 3.59 mm
- Distal Taper Tip: 0.63 mm
- Weight: 291 grams
- Handle: Masur Birch Wood w/ Buffalo Horn and Silver Spacers
- Shape: Sakimaru Yanagiba
- Finish: Damascus
- Cladding: Soft Iron
- Construction: 4 Layer of blue2 + 4 layers of white2 cutting edge w/ 200 Layer of Soft Iron Damascus
- Edge bevel: Single
- Knife Line: Troll Killer
- Blacksmith: Go Yoshizawa
- Maker: Nigara Hamono
- Sharpener: Maruyama San
- Place of Origin: Hirosaki, Japan