Kitchen Knives Tamahagane

Tamahagane guarantees the strength of the blade, as well as long preservation of the initial sharpening. The handle of a well-designed ergonomic shape is made of micarta, a modern polymeric material w more→hose pattern resembles wood. The knife is not just functional, it attracts the eye with its well-designed form, strength, harmony of the blade and handle. The knife from the Tamahagane SNM series is 3 layers of steel: the middle of the blade is made of hard, but fragile VG5 steel, which is supplemented with 2 layers of mild steel, making the blade very strong, hard, but at the same time retains its flexibility and does not lend itself to distortion and kinks. The knife is fully balanced and very …

Size: Blade Length: 10.6 inches (27 cm). Blade: Molybdenum Vanadium Steel Break. Handle: Wood Micarta 3, Country of Manufacture: Japan

Manufactured by Kataoka and Company in Niigata, Japan The word Tamahagane means "precious steel" 3-Ply stainless steel with VG-5 center and the outside layers of SUS410SS Dark laminated wood, hand more→hammered and sandblasted for a matte finish The angle of the edge is 14 to15-Degree and 61-Degree on the rockwell scale for hardness

Manufactured by Kataoka and Company in Niigata, Japan The word Tamahagane means "precious steel" 3-Ply stainless steel with VG-5 center and the outside layers of SUS410SS Dark laminated wood, hand more→hammered and sandblasted for a matte finish The angle of the edge is 14 to15-Degree and 61-Degree on the rockwell scale for hardness

The 3-ply stainless steel has an original thickness of 20 mm and is thinned by repeated rolling to a thickness of 2 mm. You might want to look at this rolling process as a modern forging technique. Al more→so, this rolling process removes all the impurities in the steel leaving you with a very hard, very pure stainless steel. After the rolling processes, the V-G No. 5 cutting edge reaches a hardness of 61 degrees on the Rockwell scale and a final thickness of .65 mm. The outside layers each reach a thickness of .675 mm. There are several different VG stainless steels. Kataoka selected V-G No. 5 stainless steel for the SAN TSUBAME knives, because V-G No. 5 can be hardened as hard as any of the other …