Gesshin Ittetsu 300mm Fushuko Honyaki Yanagiba with Ebony Handle

Together with the skilled craftsmen, Yamamoto Hideaki and Yamamoto Shinichiro, we are proud to introduce Gesshin Hide.  These knives represent the best of Sakai Uchihamono.  From the first time I sharpened one of these knives in 2010, I knew how amazing they were.  With a combination of great steel and amazing grinding, shaping, and sharpening work, these knives are easily among the best single bevel knives I have used. On all of our newer ones we have started polishing the spine and choil.

We hope you enjoy the Gesshin Hide line, as we are extremely proud to be carrying them.

This set of two yanagiba feature ebony octagon handles with nickel silver spacers and ebony sayas with decorative paintings done by an artist in japan.  The blades are both blue #1 steel, what the Gesshin Hide knives are known for, and feature mirror polished faces, as well as rounded and polished spines and choils (standard on our Gesshin Hide Knives).

These Gesshin Ittetsu Powdered Steel knives are a solid powdered steel knife in the 65-66 hrc range. They are mirror finished, have exceptional grind quality and some of the nicest fit and finish we have seen. They are medium thickness knives along the spine, but rather thin behind the edge. They have excellent edge retention and take a really nice edge. In terms of brittleness, they are surprisingly not as brittle as one might expect for a solid powdered steel knife at this hardness. We hope you enjoy these amazing knives.

This Gesshin Ittetsu Honyaki Wa-gyuto was a custom order for us.  The Gesshin Ittetsu wa-gyuto tend to run on the thin side and for a honyaki knife, this is no exception.  Not quite a laser, this knife is still very thin behind the edge.  This honyaki blade also has a beautiful hamon (from the heat treatment process) that is visible on both sides of the blade.  The surfaces of each side have been mirrror polished and the spine and choil have been rounded. The hamon is polished in such a way that the area above it is misty, like a kasumi finish.

Honyaki knives offer better edge retention than similar knives with awase construction (hon-kasumi, etc.).  Due to their higher hardness, they can be slightly more brittle, but many professional chefs find this tradeoff to be worthwhile.

This knife comes with an octagonal ebony handle and a ho wood saya.

These Gesshin Ittetsu Powdered Steel knives are a solid powdered steel knife in the 65-66 hrc range. They are mirror finished, have exceptional grind quality and some of the nicest fit and finish we have seen. They are medium thickness knives along the spine, but rather thin behind the edge. They have excellent edge retention and take a really nice edge. In terms of brittleness, they are surprisingly not as brittle as one might expect for a solid powdered steel knife at this hardness. We hope you enjoy these amazing knives.