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R-2 Damascus kitchen
knife from Custom knife maker Hiroo
Itou
New Batch (Large selections) of Mr. Itou R2 Custom Damascus Kitchen Knives
On April 1 and 2,we had a Spring
Knife Show in Seki City.There were about 40 custom knifemakers
attended from all over Japan. Among the custom
knifemakers,we found an interesting knifemaker,who is
hand making Gyuto type Chef knives out of the special
powdered steel called R2. His name is Hiroo Itou from
FukuiCity, northern part of Japan. He has
explained me that this powdered steel is made by Kobe
Steel Company (Kobelco), one of the biggest steel maker in
Japan. He said they never show him the chemical
analysis of the steel (it seems they want to keep it
confidencial to prevent being copied by other steel
makers), but he found this steel the
best for the kitchen knives in
terms of the sharpness, edge retention, durability and rust resistance.
I have asked him how good it is compared with
other powdered steel such as Cowry (Daido steel) and ZDP
(Hitachi steel), and he said, oh, uncomparable..... it is much
far better than those powdered
steels.
He uses this R2
powdered steel for the core edge heat treated to Rockwell Rc
62,hand forged with 16 layered hard and soft
stainless steel materials (total 33 layered Damascus
blade).
As seen on the other expensive custom knives, the full tang blade is tapered to the end of handle
for a perfect weight balance, and each blade and
handle varies in size,shape and weight due to the hand made
knives. He uses the selected handle
materials,hand contoured and polished very carefully for a
perfect grip.
UP!!
Mr.Itou Santoku 175mm
Abalone Handle
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Abalone Handle |
Santku
175mm |
Total
Length:295mm Blade Thickness:2mm
Total Weight: 186g |
$400.00 |
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Mr.Itou Gyuto 240mm Abalone
Handle
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Abalone
Handle |
Gyuto 240mm |
Total
Length:365mm
Blade Thickness:2.5mm Total
Weight: 230g |
$560.00 |
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Mr.Itou Gyuto 270mm Turquoise
Handle
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Turquoise Handle |
Gyuto 270mm |
Total
Length:405mm
Blade Thickness:2.5mm Total
Weight: 285g |
$650.00 |
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