Yoshimune Kawamura Chef 210mm White#1 Kitchen knife with Octagon handle

Yoshimune White#1 Chef 210mm Kurouchi Polish Finish knife It is really well-made knife featuring a unique and attractive stainless-steel cladding. The stainless-steel cladding is finished in a really unique and attractive pressed wood manner. We are very happy to be able to offer these fine knives to our customers in Australia. The White #1 line of knives are constructed with an inner core of Hitachi White Paper #1 carbon steel. This alloy is also known as Shirogami No.1 or Shiroko No.1. It is a hard steel with a very fine granular structure. It has the highest carbon content of all the White steels which results in a blade that is the easiest to sharpen. As it is a carbon steel it will discolour or corrode if not cared for properly. Blade Length: 210 mm Overall Length with Octagon Handle: 352 mm Handle: walnut handle with Oak ferrule octagon handle. ( Made in Japan) Finish : Kurouchi Polish Made in Sanjo/Japan