Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba 270mm Blue I steel blade Sushi knife
Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba 270mm Blue I steel blade Sushi knife
Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba 270mm Blue I steel blade Sushi knife
Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba 270mm Blue I steel blade Sushi knife

Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba 270mm Blue I steel blade Sushi knife

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Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba 270mm Blue I steel blade with Octagonal shaped Cherry water buffalo ferrule Handle

TESSHU is our Japanese cooking knife brand name which is made by selected very skillful craftsmen in Sakai, Osaka.

Please click here to see the blacksmith of Tesshu

After the processes that video shows, there are many more processes like annealing , and cutting off extra amounts of the shape of the knife, or sanding to the knife shape, and heat processes like quenching and tempering. His forging speed is super fast that is very important skill to have great cutlery at Hizukuri (forging process). It makes the particles of the steel structure rougher with heating up many times during forging process. Mr. Kenichi Shiraki is very skillful blacksmith, and he makes before sharpening processes, and Mr. Kazumi Kawakita who is also very skillful sharpening specialist sharpens the blade.

We will try to provide high quality selected knives with reasonable prices.

Blade Length (from the tip to Machi); 10 5/8 inch (270mm) Handle Length; 5 1/2 inch (140mm) Total Length; 16 3/8 inch (415mm) Knife weight is 6.0oz. The heel part of the spine width is 4.5mm (3/16 inch) wide. The width from the heel to the spine; 33mm (1 1/4inch) Handle; octagonal shaped cherry water buffalo ferrule and light color water buffalo spacer BLADE; Kasumi blue I Steel Blade Hitachi blue I steel (C; 1.2-1.3%, Si.; 0.10-0.20%, Mn; 0.20-0.30, P; less than 0.025, S; less than 0.004), Chrome; 0.3-0.5%, Tungsten; 1.5-2.0%