Hitohira Togashi Shirogami #1 Stainless Clad Kasumi Chinese Cleaver 180mm

Description

Brand: Hitohira ひとひら (一片)
Blacksmith: Togashi 富樫打刃物製作所
Production area: Sakai-Osaka/ Japan
Profile: Chinese cleaver
Size: 180mm
Type of steel: Carbon steel
Steel: Yasuki White (Shirogami) #1, mild stainless steel coating
Handle: ebene and buffalo horn octogenal ferrule
Total length: 345 mm
Edge length: 185 mm
Handle length at tip: 215 mm
Blade height: 92 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Handle length: 134 mm
Weight: 393g
Hand orientation: ambidextrous
Sharpener: Kenya Togashi

Kenji Togashi is a legendary Sakai blacksmith and one of the few blacksmiths in Japan to have the skills to forge quality honyaki blades. Since the beginning of his career in 1966, Master Togashi has received numerous distinctions, he is renowned for mastering these skills of forge. Master Togashi makes blades in his own workshop in Sakai, with his three sons.