Trade In Hitohira FJ 240mm Kiritsuke Gyuto VG-10 Pakka

New and unused gyuto in excellent condition with all original packaging. This stainless steel knife was damaged in shipping where about a 1-2mm of the tip was chipped off. It has since been repaired and sharpened. 

Original Listing:

Hand ground VG10 mono steel with a nice taper and convex hamaguri grind. This fine grind makes for smooth cutting and excellent food release with a long edge life and excellent stainless property. VG10 can be more work to sharpen as they get sharpened down but that will take quite some time as the thin convex grind keeps the blade thin as it gets sharpened in. The heat treatment on this VG10 is one of the better ones we have come across with much nice edge formation, sharpenability and toughness. The quality of these is above their price compared to many similar looking knives.  

These have a slight right hand bias on the convex face of the knife, it might be an issue for some left handed users.