Kitaoka Yanagiba-Kiritsuke (hybrid) 240mm 240mm Shapton Professional Whetstone Set w/

Shapton Professional Whetstone Set w/ Atoma lapping plate

are a perfect choice for any chefs/ home cooks interested in a workhorse of a knife

earning him a place among the foremost contemporary knife makers in Japan

Rough look cladding)

by award-winning blacksmith Nao Yamamoto

Kitaoka Yanagiba-Kiritsuke (hybrid) 240mm 240mm Shapton Professional Whetstone Set w/Kitaoka Yanagiba Kiritsuke (hybrid) 240mm: Kiritsuke: In many Japanese restaurants only the head chef is allowed to use kiritsuke. Making them less popular or less seen. The hybrid shape makes this style of knife less specialized, but more versitile. Able to achieve fine cutting work with the tip and still being able to slice. This knife is hand made by Hideo Kitaoka and is one of the few knives I stock that bears the mark of " Dentokougeshi"The