Yosimitu Kajiya | Kiridashi 25mm | Shirogami 2 Gift This is a great steel

This is a great steel for a professional kitchen or as a first Japanese knife

Shirogami comes in 3 grades with various levels of carbon

This is a very large salmon deba

Gyuto 牛刀 The Japanese version of a western Chef’s Knife

it is the last of the VG10 steel as this series is now made from SG2 steel

Yosimitu Kajiya | Kiridashi 25mm | Shirogami 2 Gift This is a great steelYosimitu Kajiya is a family run Kajiya (Smithery) in the small town of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture and was established in 1937. Junichi Ide is the 3rd generation blacksmith at Yosimitu Kajiya and does all stages of the blade making; free forging his blades from pre welded Rikizai steel and grinding the edge by hand. Yosimitu Kajiya has always specialised in kitchen knives but also makes tools for the local agricultural and fishing industries, it is