Tsukasa Shiro Kuro 180mm Santoku - Shirogami Steel - Oak Octagnon Handle

Forged in Tosa, Japan. These rustic handmade knives use the oldest techniques to be forged and they  are a great starting point for anyone wanting to get into knives.

Those Tsukasa knives are forged with top quality Hitachi made Shirogami #1 (White Steel #1), which is a pure carbon steel with a high carbon content, making for an easy to sharpen knife that has great edge life too.

They are handled with really nice octagon shaped oak wood handles. 

 

Details:

Blade Material: Shirogami #1 carbon steel with soft iron cladding

Handle Material: Oak wood

Blade Length: 180mm

Overall Length: 330mm

Height at Heel: 46mm

Thickness of Spine at Heel:2.3mm

Weight: 160grs