{"product_id":"byakko-270mm-kiritsuke-yanagiba-by-kenji-togashi","title":"Byakko - 270mm Kiritsuke Yanagiba by Kenji Togashi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eByakko (白虎, the White Tiger) is an artisan Yanagiba slicer line from Sakai Takayuki, forged by master Kenji Tongashi. The White 1 steel gives the sharpest edge among the commonly available Japanese carbon steels, and is very easy to sharpen. The Byakko series comes standard with a ebony handle, black bufflao ferrule and end cap. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eAbout Kenji Togashi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eKenji Tongashi received his skilled traditional craftsman award in 1991, which recognizes the best Sakai masters. He is known for able to forge a varity types of steel. During my visit to Togashi-san's workshop, I saw many unique knives, one was a stack of half finished 540mm Maguro-kiri (tuna knife). That was impressive enough, but then I was shown a super long tuna knife: the blade was 160cm (5ft3) and the total length was about 2 meters (6ft7)! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eI was so impressed by his work, and asked if he would forge us some blue 1 honyaki blades according to my spec. (I always wanted to get one personally as a knifenut) and he gladly agreed. The result was just plain sensational, and I have since asked Togashi-san, with the help of Sakai Takayuki, to make a custom honkayi line for us. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifications:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlade length: 261 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOverall length: 414 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThickness at spine: 3.9 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThickness at 1 cm from the tip: 0.6 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight: 217 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sakai Takayuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31531822841993,"sku":"SATA_BYAK_KIYA270","price":713000.0,"currency_code":"KRW","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0287\/7227\/0217\/products\/KirisukeYanagi_270_1__77073.1409661683.1280.1280.jpg?v=1577512970","url":"https:\/\/www.knivesandstones.co.kr\/en\/products\/byakko-270mm-kiritsuke-yanagiba-by-kenji-togashi","provider":"Knives and Stones","version":"1.0","type":"link"}