Teruyasu Fujiwara Maboroshi 150mm Gyuto

The Maboroshi series from Teruyasu Fujiwara is forged with a super hard Shirogami #1 carbon steel core and a soft stainless cladding with a rustic hammered finish. Expect excellent edge life and sharpenability from these knives with relatively low maintenance thanks to the stainless cladding.

Teruyasu Fujiwara is a master-smith based in Tokyo that hails from a family of sword makers. Post WWII, the Fujiwara family turned to making kitchen knives and pioneered the process of forging knives with a stainless cladding and a hard carbon steel core.  We find Fujiwara's knives to have excellent cutting feel and food release thanks to the convex primary grinds and the hammer-marked finish on the sides. Each knife made in Fujiwara's shop is rustic, unique and different from the next, as they are truly free-forged and hand ground.

Blade Material: Shirogami #1 core, stainless steel cladding.

Handle Material: Pakka wood.

Hardness: 63-64 HRC

Blade Length: 6" (155mm)

Overall Length: 10.6" (270mm

Height at Heel: 42mm

Thickness of Spine at Heel: 2.2mm

Thickness of Spine Halfway: 1.6mm

Weight: 4.6oz (130g)

**Weights and measurements may vary from knife to knife.

**Extra care is required with carbon steel. No soaking or dishwashers! Dry well in between uses to avoid rust. Blade will develop a patina (discoloration) with normal use.

**To avoid chipping, keep away from bones, frozen foods or other hard foods and pits.