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Sakai Kikumori Kikuzuki KU White 2 Kiritsuke Petty 135mm.

Sale price¥48,600 JPY

Sakai Kikumori was started in 1926 by Kawamura Hamono, and has since become known as a top brand from Sakai. They are a relatively small brand, but work with some of the very best local craftsmen in Sakai such as Yoshikazu Tanaka, Satoshi Nakagawa and Keichi Fuji, just to name a few.

The knife is forged by the legendary Yoshikazu Tanaka, who is recognized as one of the best blacksmiths in Sakai with over 50 years of experience. Tanaka works together with his son in the forge where he focuses exclusively on working with white and blue carbon steel, which he perfects using traditional methods such as pine charcoal and rice straw during hardening.

It has a very nice and rustic kurouchi finish on the top of the blade, and further down a very nice grind starts, which makes the knife very thin behind the edge, and therefore has fantastic cutting ability.

A utility knife is primarily used for smaller cutting tasks in both meat and vegetables. Due to its size, the utility knife is particularly suitable for precision tasks, and trimming real pieces of meat is therefore an obvious choice to do with a utility knife.

Brand/series Sakai Kikumori Kikuzuki KU
Type Petty K-Tip

Forging and steel
3 Layers White #2 and Soft Iron

Grinding
50/50

Handle type
Octagonal Magnolia Buffalo Horn

Stainless
NO!

Hardness
61/62

Specifications

(May vary due to handmade)

Length: 135mm.

Height: 31mm.

Weight: 79g.

Width out of the handle: 3mm.

Sakai Kikumori Kikuzuki KU White 2 Kiritsuke Petty 135mm.
Sakai Kikumori Kikuzuki KU White 2 Kiritsuke Petty 135mm. Sale price¥48,600 JPY