Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba Damascus 270mm Blue I steel Cooking Knife
Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba Damascus 270mm Blue I steel Cooking Knife
Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba Damascus 270mm Blue I steel Cooking Knife
Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba Damascus 270mm Blue I steel Cooking Knife

Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba Damascus 270mm Blue I steel Cooking Knife

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Left Hand TESSHU Yanagiba Damascus 270mm Blue I steel blade Knife With octagonal shaped Ho Handle

@@@ A custom cherry wood cover is available separately. It is $40. It normally takes 2-7 days to make it. @@@

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 (larger structure) 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.

The brand name, Tessue derives from Tesshu Yamaoka who is a master swordsman, Zen master, and calligraphy master. We will try to provide high quality selected knives with reasonable prices.

Blade Length (from the tip to the machi); 10 1/2 inch (270mm) Handle Length; 5 1/2 inch (139mm) Total Length; 16 1/2 inch (414mm) Knife weight is 6.0oz. The heel part of the spine width is 4mm (3/16 inch) wide. The width from the heel to the spine; 33mm (1 5/16 inch) Handle; Ho (Japanese magnolia) octagonal shaped water buffalo horn bolster BLADE; Damascus blue I steel blade