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Yoshimi Kato AS 180 mm Santoku

Sale price6 724 SEK

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Yoshimi Kato is a highly respected blacksmith from Echizen, Japan.

After being apprenticed to his father-in-law, Hiroshi Kato, who has also trained blacksmiths like Yu Kurosaki, he now stands at the front of the forge, which is part of the iconic Takefu Knife Village.

Yoshimi-san is known for hardening steel exceptionally well, and for his exceptionally beautiful knives, especially his damask cladding, which we think is some of the absolute best you can find.

This knife is a 180mm Santoku with Aogami Super (Blue Super) core steel, surrounded by a beautiful kurouchi on the top of the blade, and Yoshimi-san's incredibly beautiful Damascus cladding further down towards the edge. The handle is custom western-style made of maple knot.

The core steel is, as mentioned, aogami-super. Aogami is the category of so-called blue steel, and "Super" is the hardest of these alloys. For the same reason, it is not a knife that you should take chances with by cutting into excessively hard objects. Bones, cartilage, frozen objects, etc. are of course forbidden.

  • Yoshimi Kato (Echizen, Japan)
  • Aogami Super (Blue Super)
  • HRC 63-64
  • NOT stainless
  • Western-style stock (WA)
Yoshimi Kato AS 180mm Santoku_ _ _ _YK - AS - SA1801. Santoku by Yoshimi Kato
Yoshimi Kato AS 180 mm Santoku Sale price6 724 SEK