Tosa Tsukasa 120mm Gyuto - Shirogami 1 - Oak

Forged in Tosa, Japan. These rustic handmade knives are a great starting point for anyone wanting to get into sharpening and maintaining their own knives on whetstones. Out of the box, they have 'workhorse' style grinds and fairly rough fit and finish. For some folks, that's fine! They are meant to be affordable tools, and that means some finishing steps that are typically done on higher end cutlery won't be done on these. Regardless, they 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. In our opinion, this series is a really killer bang for your buck.

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

Handle Material: Oak wood

Blade Length: 4.9" (125mm)

Overall Length: 10" (255mm)

Height at Heel: 40mm

Thickness of Spine at Heel: 3mm

Thickness of Spine Halfway : 1.95mm

Weight: 3.1 oz

**Weights and measurements may vary from knife to knife. Color of handle may vary.

**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.