{"product_id":"yoshikazu-tanaka-240-mm-kokkekniv-white-1","title":"Yoshikazu Tanaka 240mm Kiritsuke Gyuto White-1 - Ebony","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"That's what we in the industry call a unicorn\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Yoshikazu Tanaka, one of the most recognized and skilled craftsmen in the game. His forge is located in Sakai, Japan, where he works with his 2 sons, forging some of the world's best kitchen knives in Aogami (blue steel) and Shirogami (white steel). He is particularly known as the smith behind Konosuke's iconic 'Fujiyama' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e However, this is his own brand, but the quality is still top notch. He is exceptionally skilled at hardening and it certainly shows in this masterpiece of a knife that he has forged in Shirogami #1 at the core, and an incredibly beautiful and complex damascus cladding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe now elderly gentleman forges relatively few knives in a day, so his knives have achieved what is called \"Unicorn Status\", which says a lot about how rare these knives are. We at Foodgear are incredibly proud to have his knives in the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The stock is a Japanese WA stock, made of ebony with blond buffalo horn ferrule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis knife is a\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003egyuto\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, which is also popularly just called a chef's knife. This is 24 cm, and it is used for most tasks in the kitchen and is particularly good for slicing and chopping tasks in both meat and vegetables.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Yoshikazu Tanaka (Sakai)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 240mm Gyuto (Chef's Knife)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\n \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erust free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Shirogami #1 (White #1)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Japanese WA stock made of ebony and buffalo horn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe knife must never be washed in a dishwasher, must not cut into hard objects such as bones, cartilage, bones and frozen objects as well as hard cheeses. Remember that it is a property of thin, hard metal that it can break.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yoshikazu Tanaka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40893633233028,"sku":"YT-W1-GT-240-WB","price":615.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1399\/files\/DSCF4928.png?v=1737035236","url":"https:\/\/foodgear.com\/products\/yoshikazu-tanaka-240-mm-kokkekniv-white-1","provider":"Foodgear Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}