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Hatsukokoro / Yoshihiro Yauji "Ginyo" Ginsan (Silver #3) Damascus 170mm Nakiri with Wenge Buffalo Horn Handle

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Hatsukokoro / Yoshihiro Yauji "Ginyo" Ginsan (Silver #3) Damascus 170mm Nakiri with Wenge Buffalo Horn HandleThis Nakiri is handcrafted by Echizen craftsman Yoshihiro Yauji using Ginsan (Silver #3) stainless carbon steel as core, clad in stainless steel, with an elegant Damascus hammered finish. This knife has a high level of fit and finish, including a well polished choil. The beautiful grind geometry ensures a sleek cutting performance, and the wenge wood octagonal handle with a buffalo horn kuchiwa ensures a more balanced handling experience. Spec: Origin

This Nakiri is handcrafted by Echizen craftsman Yoshihiro Yauji using Ginsan (Silver #3) stainless carbon steel as core, clad in stainless steel, with an elegant Damascus hammered finish. This knife has a high level of fit and finish, including a well-polished choil. The beautiful grind geometry ensures a sleek cutting performance, and the wenge wood octagonal handle with a buffalo horn kuchiwa ensures a more balanced handling experience

Spec:

  • Origin (Made in): Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
  • Brand: Hatsukokoro
  • Craftsman: Yoshihiro Yauji
  • Knife Type: Santoku
  • Blade
    • Construction: San Mai
    • Grind: Double-edged Blade (50/50 Grind)
    • Hagane (Core Steel): Ginsan (Silver #3)
    • Jigane (Cladding): Stainless Steel
    • Hardness: 60-62 HRC
    • Hand-forged, hand-ground, hand-sharpened
  • Blade Finishes:
    • Damascus
    • Blade Length: 170mm (6.7")
  • Blade Height (at heel): 52mm
  • Spine Thickness
    • Above heel: 3.3mm
    • Middle: 2.8mm
  • Handle
    • Shape Hachikaku (Octagonal)
    • Material: Wenge
    • Kuchiwa: Black Buffalo Horn
    • Length: 127mm
  • Overall Length: 312mm
  • Weight: 200g (7.05oz)
  • Marking: In Japanese Kanji "Hatsukokoro" (初心)

About Yoshihiro Yauji 弥氏 吉寛

It is not rare that a person’s childhood experiences had an influence on one’s career choice. It certainly is the case with Mr. Yoshihiro Yauji. Born in 1983, Yauji-san developed an interest in DIY as a child, and he gradually fell in love with tools made of steel. He found a very special connection with knives because knives in his own words "represent the starting point of mankind" (人間の原点). "From the Stone Age, human-beings started using knives to cut trees and eventually led to the development of civilization", said Yauji-san. In 2003, Yauji-san became an apprentice of Master Hideo Kitaoka, who is considered one of the best artisans in Japan. After more than 15 years of training, Yauji-san finally started making knives independently in 2019. It’s worth noting that he does forging, grinding, finishing, and sharpening, all by himself.

Care:

Ginsan (Gin3 or Silver #3) is a stainless carbon steel, with 14% added Chromium. Retaining the character of Japanese carbon steel, with similar hardness of Shirogami #2, Ginsan is stainless. It's edge retention is only slightly inferior to Shirogami #2, but the fact that it combines ease of sharpening, carbon steel character as well being stainless makes it a great choice for those who wish to have a Japanese carbon steel knife that is easy to maintain.

Cutting Surface:

Recommended cutting surface: wood, rubberized boards and high-end composites, and quality plastics such as polyethene make acceptable cutting surfaces, and will help protect and prolong knife’s edge. AVOID glass, metal, countertops, and other rigid, non-forgiving surfaces.

Sharpening:

We recommend sharpening all quality Japanese knives on whetstones, as we believe they yield the best results for your knives. 

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The twentiety century taught us a lot about wars and how they end. World War I showed us that making strong demands on the defeated (who didn't admit defeat to their own people) set the stage for the next big war. World War II was fought until the Unconditional Surrender of the Germans and Japanese. Something that thinkers still debate as having made them fight all that harder. VietNam was fought with no clear end in sight, and "another VietNam" entered our language. The first Gulf War was ended when Colin Powell and Bush II debated how to end the war. They stopped before they had to go in and see what the Sunni's, Shiite's and Kurds made of the power vacuum left by the removal of Saddam would have created. Bush II is learning about this now. This is the second revised edition of this book, originally published in 1971 and then updated in 1991 and now 2005 to reflect happenings in new wars. Still some of the old wars had interesting insights that I didn't know before, such as how Finland, originally on Germany's side against Russia, made a peace with Russia and kicked the Germans out before they became a Russian province. Great Book.
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