Hatsukokoro Shirasagi Shirogami 2 kiritsuke 210mm EN

Since its establishment in 2013, H&K Co. Ltd has been searching for the best products that Japan has to offer. In 2019, we developed our original brand “Hatsukokoro”. The word Hatsukokoro comes from the Japanese proverb “don’t forget your original intention”.

As a result of the contracts stipulated between the brand and the blacksmiths, sometimes the identity of some of the blacksmiths remains a mystery, which makes things a little more exciting.

Brand: Hatsukokoro
Blacksmith: Tateo Myojin
Series: Shirasagi
Steel: Shirogami with stainless coating ( ni-mai structure )
Hardness: 62 HRC
Type: kiritsuke 210mm
Blade length: 20 cm
Blade height: 4.53 cm
Thickness at the heel: 4.1 mm
Thickness at the tip: 0.4 mm
Weight: 209 gr

Made entirely by hand, the handle is made with stained and stabilized elderberry burl, jungle resin spacers and amboyna burl bolster.

Tateo Myojin is a highly skilled blacksmith based in Tosa City and the mastermind behind this series of Shirasagi knives, made of Shirogami steel. Shirogami steel is considered one of the purest, due to its composition. It gives us the ability to expect a razor sharp edge with beautiful edge retention. These knives have great attention to detail.