Stainless steel honesuki maru boning knife made by Kusakichi with stiff 140mm blade and slip resistant textured rubber handle with half guard for extra security.
180mm Wa-santoku with Swedish stainless steel by Ashi Hamono of Sakai City is noted for the thinness and precision of their hand made zenkou or single steel knives. The Ginga line, utilizes top quality Japanese white carbon steel or Swedish stainless steel, made with either Western or Japanese style handles. Easy to sharpen to a beautiful edge with precise and smooth cutting.
270mm Wa-sujihiki forged with a soft 405 stainless steel cladding with tsuchime hammer markings (jigane) and a hard SKD tool steel core (higane) making the cutting edge. SKD was originally formulated for metal cutting applications and holds a razor sharp edge for a long time, it is tempered to HRC 64. These knives can be sharpened at a very low angle making for very smooth cutting despite the slightly thicker blade.
120mm Western Swedish stainless petty by Ashi Hamono of Sakai City is noted for the thinness and precision of their hand made zenkou or single steel knives. The Ginga line, utilizes top quality Japanese white carbon steel or Swedish stainless steel, made with either Western or Japanese style handles. Easy to sharpen to a beautiful edge with precise and smooth cutting.
270mm Wa-Sujihiki with White Steel carbon steel blade by Ashi Hamono of Sakai City, noted for the thinness and precision of their hand made zenkou or single steel knives. The Ginga line, utilizes top quality Japanese white carbon steel and Swedish stainless steel, made with either Western or Japanese style handles. Easy to sharpen to a beautiful edge with precise and smooth cutting.
Tournee or birds beak knives are used for peeling and carving garnish. MAC are made with several different proprietary alloys of precision ground stainless steel in several thicknesses. While many believe that a blanked or cut knife is inferior to a forged knife MAC is proof to the contrary, they achieve excellent results with very tight quality control standards.
165mm Wa-santoku with Swedish stainless steel by Ashi Hamono of Sakai City is noted for the thinness and precision of their hand made zenkou or single steel knives. The Ginga line, utilizes top quality Japanese white carbon steel or Swedish stainless steel, made with either Western or Japanese style handles. Easy to sharpen to a beautiful edge with precise and smooth cutting.
Asai 210mm Wa-Gyuto made with a core of VG-10 stainless steel hardened to HRC 61 with Suminagashi damascus cladding
MAC Professional series 6 1/2″ granton ground santoku, MAC are made with several different proprietary alloys of precision ground stainless steel in several thicknesses. While many believe that a blanked or cut knife is inferior to a forged knife MAC is proof to the contrary, they achieve excellent results with very tight quality control standards.
Aogami super core 210mm Wa-Gyuto & 120mm petty hand forged aogami super blue steel hardened to HRC 62/63 with soft iron damsacus cladding for tensile strength with tsuchime hammer mark pattern
210mm honyaki Wa-gyuto made by Mr. Ashi of Ashi Hamono in Sakai City, noted for the thinness and precision of their hand made zenkou or single steel knives Honyaki knives, a type of zenkou knives require great skill in every aspect of their creation. Hand forged from #2 white steel and heat treated and quenched with a proprietary mixture of mud on the blade which creates the wavy “hamon” line, like on Japanese swords. Honyaki knives are known for their extraordinary edge life and a feel unlike other knives.
240mm Wa-Gyuto forged with a soft 405 stainless steel cladding with tsuchime hammer markings (jigane) and a hard SKD tool steel core (higane) making the cutting edge. SKD was originally formulated for metal cutting applications and holds a razor sharp edge for a long time, it is tempered to HRC 64. These knives can be sharpened at a very low angle making for very smooth cutting despite the slightly thicker blade.
The MBK-85 gyuto chef knife is most at home with vegetables but can be used for a wide range of jobs. MAC are made with several different proprietary alloys of precision ground stainless steel in several thicknesses. While many believe that a blanked or cut knife is inferior to a forged knife MAC is proof to the contrary, they achieve excellent results with very tight quality control standards.
210 Wa-gyuto by Ashi Hamono of Sakai City, noted for the thinness and precision of their hand made zenkou or single steel knives. The Ginga line, utilizes top quality Japanese white carbon steel and Swedish stainless steel, made with either Western or Japanese style handles. Easy to sharpen to a beautiful edge with precise and smooth cutting.
180mm Wa-Gyuto with HRC 64-65 SG2 powder metal core clad in acid etched suminagashi damascus steel