Hatsukokoro Shirasagi Shirogami yanagiba 270mm EN

Since its establishment in 2013, H&K Co. Ltd has sought out the best products 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”.

Due to the contracts stipulated between the brand and the blacksmiths, sometimes the identity of certain 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: yanagiba kiritsuke 270mm
Blade length: 27.5 cm
Blade height: 3.75 cm
Heel thickness: 4.2 mm
Thickness at the tip: 1.4 mm
Weight: 247 gr

Handcrafted, the handle is made of hybrid chittum burl with resin, frostbite resin spacers, boxelder burl ferrule and bottom cap.

Tateo Myojin is a highly skilled blacksmith based in Tosa town and the mastermind behind this series of Shirasagi knives, made from Shirogami steel. Shirogami steel is considered one of the purest, due to its composition. It offers us the possibility of expecting a razor sharp edge with good edge retention. These knives have great attention to detail.