About the Shape - Inspired by the profile of a traditional European chef knife, Gyutos are a multi purpose knife with a slight meat cutting bias. “Gyuto” translates to “cow sword.” If you want one knife to do it all, This is it. Starting at 180mm, Gyutos can reach the ridiculously long (and awesome) 370mm. For the at-home or professional cook, we recommend a Gyuto which measures between 210mm and 270mm long.

About Manaka Hamono - Kisuke Manaka is a relatively young, 5th generation, blacksmith in Kasukabe, Saitama pref. Manaka-san didn’t like the dishonest way his father-in-law operated his business so he decided to become a blacksmith himself. He began making knives from scratch about 10 years ago, with nothing but a workshop full of equipment and no mentor. He is completely self-taught, yet he mastered techniques to forge-weld steels in house, even forge welding stainless steel which is no easy task.

This beautiful Damascus pattern is created and hand forged with Aogami #2 and soft carbon steel by holding multiple times by Manaka-san. He then forge-welds Aogami #1 in the middle for the core steel.

Knife Shape	Gyuto
Blade Length	210mm
Blade Height	50mm
Spine Thickness at Heel	4.8mm
Weight	234g
Steel Type	Aogami #1 (Blue Carbon Steel)core with Carbon Steel and Aogami #2 Cladding
Rockwell Hardness	62-64
Edge/Bevel	Double (50/50)
Handle	Wa (Japanese) Handle, Ebony Octagon wood handle with Buffalo horn collar
Blacksmith	Manaka Hamono

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Aogami #1 (Blue Carbon Steel)

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