Blade Length | 165 mm |
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Steel Type | Aogami #2 (Blue Carbon Steel)
With Carbon Steel Cladding
Rust Prone ⓘ This knife can rust, click to learn more.
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Rockwell Hardness | 62–63 |
Handle | Wa (Japanese) Handle - Oval Cherrywood Plastic Collar |
Blacksmith/Maker | Kyohei Shindo |
Made in | Tosa, Kochi, Japan |
About Kyohei Shindo - Shindo san is a young blacksmith out of Tosa. He is originally from Hokkaido and went to university in Okinawa. He had always wanted to become a craftsman and found the blacksmithing was the craft for him. Tosa was the place where the image of the blacksmith matched to the image he had about it so he moved to Tosa. He had hard time but in May of 2020, he finally started his own workshop after practicing for 8 years.