{"product_id":"kagekiyo-white-2-240mm-yanagiba-urushi","title":"Kagekiyo Shirogami #2 Urushi - 240 mm Yanagiba","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e Kagekiyo is a premium brand made by skilled craftsmen at Baba Cutlery Works in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, an area known for its traditionally hand-forged Japanese knives. The knives are forged from quality steels such as Shirogami and Aogami. Skilled craftsmen grind the blades to exceptional sharpness and combine them with specially designed handles that are tailored to enhance the functionality and aesthetics of the knives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlacksmith Satoshi Nakagawa is a relatively young blacksmith from Sakai who has quickly gained a reputation as one of the most talented craftsmen in the famous knife town. He started as an apprentice to Shiraki Hamono, who was 18 years old after working at a sushi restaurant where Shiraki-san always came. Nakagawa was an apprentice for 8 years and then took over the forge when Shiraki retired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe sharpener of this knife is none other than Sho Nishida, who is Baba Hamono's in-house sharpener. Nishida-San started as a chef in his father's sushi restaurant at the age of 20, but began to apprentice under the legendary sharpeners Morihiro and Hirofuji at the age of 30. He has over time become really good and known for his shinogi\/wide bevel sharpening as well as mirror polish and honyaki sharpening, which requires a high level of skill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eShirogami 2 or White 2 is a carbon steel, is in the category of so-called white steel, and Shirogami 2 is the second hardest of these alloys. Shirogami 2 is among the purest carbon steels from Japan, and for this reason it can be incredibly sharp, and is very easy to sharpen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA Yanagiba is a traditional Japanese knife used for carving fish, AKA \"sashimi knife\"\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 562px; height: 388.25px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 26.75px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.719px; height: 26.75px;\"\u003e Brand\/series\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 375.281px; height: 26.75px;\"\u003e Kagekiyo \u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.719px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 375.281px; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Yanagiba \u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.719px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cspan\u003eForging and steel\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 375.281px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e White#2 \/ Soft Iron \u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.719px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cspan\u003eGrinding\u003c\/span\u003e \n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 375.281px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e 100\/0 - Pure right \u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.719px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cspan\u003eHandle type\u003c\/span\u003e \n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 375.281px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Urushi \u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.719px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cspan\u003eStainless\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 375.281px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eNO\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.719px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cspan\u003eHardness\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 375.281px; height: 39.1875px;\"\u003e 62-63 \u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 145.969px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 166.719px; height: 145.969px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Specifications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e (May vary slightly because the knife is handmade) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 375.281px; height: 145.969px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Length: 240mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e Height: 30mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Weight: .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Width out of the handle: 3.5mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThe knife should never be washed in a dishwasher, and should not be used to cut hard objects such as bones, cartilage, frozen objects, or hard cheeses. 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