Kyohei Hand forged Kurouchi Thin Santoku knife blank blade white #2 steel 170mm

Kyohei Shindo is a new generation of black smith from Tosa, Japan. The knives produced by Japanese traditional techniques of Japanese sword, Koshiki tanzo(the ancient Japanese way of smith forging). 

This is an especially sharp and high class hardness Japanese knife blade, using core blade white-2 steel from Yasuki hagane, which is reputed to be the top grade of steel and very easy re-sharpen  for knives.

Also He attached very fine sharpen blade and very thin blade finish which is blade thickness 4.5 mm to 1.0 mm. You can get high cutting quality.

-- Item detail -- approx. size and weight
Blade length 170mm, Total length 265mm, Blade width 48mm, Blade thickness 4.5 to 1.2 mm / Tang length 85mm, Tang width 12mm, Tang thickness 3.0 to 2.0 mm, 88 g

-- Material --
*Blade: white 2 steel, base:soft iron, double edged
*heat treated and Fine Sharp edged blade
*Black smith, Kyohei Shindo
*Construction: San Mai, hand-forged in the traditional way

Note: There are some tiny rust and crack on body steel and tang part, it's not defective. Japanese traditional hand forged and Kurouchi black  finish.

A brand new, Made in Japan
*Price is include a knife


Paying Particular Attention to the Center of Gravity 
By creating a thickness near the handle, the center of gravity lies near the user’s hand. This gives the knife a good balance, and it is devised in a way that it is a joy to hold.