blade length 165 mm overall length 300 mm - The blade spine is thick 8 mm - Masno is a small Japanese family smithy / company. - Their customers have been only Japanese so far. - These cook's knives from Mr. Masano belong to best knives made in traditional way available in Japan. - The knife blades are of three-layer-steel and not stainless. - The middle layer is of premium Japanese Stahl Shirogami 01 and the outer layers are of a little softer carbon steel. - These knives are as usually not stainless. - The knife clamp is of real horn. - As traditionally - one side of the blade is ground straightly, the other obliquely. - This grinding enables very precise cutting. |