Yoshikane SLD Black Damascus Gyuto 240mm
Yoshikane Hamono is located in Sanjo, Niigata and founded in 1919. It is led by Mr. Kazuomi Yamamoto who continues to excel and evolve in making high grade kitchen knives.
This series is forged from SLD tool steel and cladded in stainless damascus. SLD is considered a semi stainless and may form a slight patina with heavy use. From our experience with SLD it is very easy to care for and practically considered stainless SLD has great edge life, toughness, and sharpens very easily. Extremely even grinds that are very thin behind the edge. Thicker spine out of the handle with forged distal taper and very thin tips. These knives in our opinion are among the top in terms of cutting ability and overall quality. Fitted with an octagonal burnt chestnut handle and buffalo ferrule.
Edge Length: 247
Weight: 210g
Height at heel: 51.8mm
Spine thickness above heel: 3.3mm
**Please note that the knife pictured is not always the one you will receive. Due to the handmade nature of these knives, these dimensions may vary slightly. The color and pattern of the knife, handle and ferrule may vary from knife to knife. Please contact us if you have a particular request.