Chroma® Haiju Kurouchi 8 1/2" Ko-Yanagi

Chroma® Haiku Kurouchi are part of the prestigious Takumi ranges of Chroma knives! A decidedly reasonably priced debut to the world of extremely sharp knives Even fresh out of production, the sharpness of the blade will take your breath away. With regular use of a good sharpening stone, as with all TAKUMI knives, you will see that the cutting performance of what you thought to be an ordinary kitchen knife will rise to never before reached levels of sharpness. Suddenly the slicing of radishes or carrots becomes an experience in and of itself. This is made possible by the unique design of the knife’s blade. A “sandwich construction” that is made up of extremely hard, blue AOKO Steel at the center, and then finished with protective layers of consecutively softer iron. KUROUCHI knives owe their characteristic, archaic nature to their birthplace – the Tosa region of Southern Japan. The Tosa Region is known for its long tradition of forging knives, and also for its wild, raw and furrowed la