Sakai Kikumori - Kurouchi Gyuto 210mm

The Gyuto is Japan’s answer to the western chef knife, in a country where the food culture has given birth to a myriad of highly specialised knives with specific jobs, the gyuto is an all round knife to cover all the bases. It was created in the latter part of the 19c after the son of a prominent Japanese blacksmith visited the west to investigate new knife making technologies, he returned with a few samples and a load of ideas and ever since then it has evolve into the hugely popular style we recognise today.

This Wa-Gyuto (Traditional Japanese style handle) gains it’s blackened appearance (and it’s name) from the residual deposits of the forging process left on the surface of the blade, later stages of the knife making process go on to see this colouration removed to make way for advanced levels of finish, and whist we love those too, we’re particularly fond of the Kurouchi finish at Community Cutlery.

This is a great knife, nice and thin with a lovely balance and feel in the hand and being constructed from White#1 steel it’s capable of taking a wicked edge.

Nashiji Gyuto 210mm

Blade Material – Blue #2 (Aogami) Carbon Steel

Handle Material – Lacquered Oak

Blade length – 210mm

Total Length – 365mm

Blade Height – 60mm

Weight – 200g

Hardness – 63-64

Sakai, in the Osaka region of Japan has been a thriving hub for Japanese blade making for over 600 years. Sakai Kikumori, itself approaching 100 years in business, continue to work with some of the areas most skilled craftspeople to produce a broad range of cutlery.

A note on carbon steel – Like many others we at Community Cutlery favour carbon over stainless steel for its ability to take a keener edge and hold it for longer, for this privilege we need to care for our carbon products with a little more consideration, particularly when it comes to washing. Once you’ve finished with your knife we recommend giving it a quick wash and a thorough dry, as if left wet it will start to rust, surprisingly quickly. If this does happen then take a dry scourer and lightly give it a rub, another rinse and a good dry, it should come off with relative ease. With use you will also notice a light change in the colour of the blade, this patina is natural, beautiful and to be cherished, it’s like yo knife developing its own fingerprint!

And for many reasons – Never put your knives in the dishwasher

Knives are only available to persons over 18 years of age. Due to the nature of our business ALL customers will be asked to prove their age at checkout.