Ishizuchi Blue Steel No.2 Santoku Knife Walnut Handle
Tosa's blacksmith tradition stretches back over 400 years, rooted in the forest-dense mountains of Shikoku where durable, high-performance tools were a practical necessity long before they became a craft category. Ishizuchi Knives was founded in 1920 in Ehime Prefecture by Tomika Kajiura, taking its name from Ishizuchi Mountain, the highest peak in western Japan. The fourth generation continues that work today, forging with techniques derived from Japanese sword-making and passed down across centuries of Tosa blade craft. This santoku is built around Blue Steel No. 2, a carbon steel containing chromium and tungsten that gives the blade both hardness and toughness — edge retention that outlasts standard carbon steels, combined with a responsiveness to sharpening that harder steels often sacrifice. The outer layer is soft carbon steel, which keeps the blade accessible on the whetstone. The hand-forged surface carries the individual texture of the maker's work, each knife differing slightly from the next as a result of the free-forging method Tosa is known for. The handle is walnut with a buffalo horn ferrule at the collar.
Original: $205.00
-65%$205.00
$71.75
Description
Tosa's blacksmith tradition stretches back over 400 years, rooted in the forest-dense mountains of Shikoku where durable, high-performance tools were a practical necessity long before they became a craft category. Ishizuchi Knives was founded in 1920 in Ehime Prefecture by Tomika Kajiura, taking its name from Ishizuchi Mountain, the highest peak in western Japan. The fourth generation continues that work today, forging with techniques derived from Japanese sword-making and passed down across centuries of Tosa blade craft. This santoku is built around Blue Steel No. 2, a carbon steel containing chromium and tungsten that gives the blade both hardness and toughness — edge retention that outlasts standard carbon steels, combined with a responsiveness to sharpening that harder steels often sacrifice. The outer layer is soft carbon steel, which keeps the blade accessible on the whetstone. The hand-forged surface carries the individual texture of the maker's work, each knife differing slightly from the next as a result of the free-forging method Tosa is known for. The handle is walnut with a buffalo horn ferrule at the collar.
