The Tanaka family is a well-known knife-making family from Miki City. They have been in the business for more than 100 years. Tanaka-san is a fourth-generation blacksmith. He trained in Takefu for three years and eventually joined his family's knife-making business in 1999. He mainly uses VG10 and aogami#2 in his knives so you expect mastery and excellent heat treatment with this steel.
Construction type: sanmai | iron clad Steel type: carbon Steel: aogami#2
Total length: 308mm Blade length: 165mm Blade height at heel: 46.8mm Spine thickness at handle: 2.4mm Spine thickness at heel: 1.9mm Spine thickness at middle: 1.3mm Spine thickness 1cm from the tip: 0.8mm Weight: 127g
Edge/bevel: 50:50 Handle: octagonal Japanese Quince wood Hand orientation: ambidextrous
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