Ko-Yanagi knife 135mm Haiku Kurouchi

Japanese knife Ko-Yanagi Haiku Kurouchi

Haiku Kurouchi is the very top of the black forged ranges from the Haiku collections made in Japan. This is the range that popularized the genre worldwide when it was first introduced a few decades ago on the Japanese knife market. Its manufacture is 100% artisanal to the point that each blade is unique. Unique not only because of the blades that have all other similarities but also by the thickness of the blades that varies because of this handmade work.

Its performances and its sharpening simplicity is remarkable. The knife is made of an well-known rare steel named Aoko strongly barburized at 1,2% carbon steel. That is to say the maximum rate in the forged steel. The blade, black in color, is mounted with a round shape handle in honoki wood tinted black. The handle is mounted with a metal ferrule whose meguki is too. The meguki is a rod attached to the side of the ferrule which is usually made of bamboo as on the Haiku Original range allowing the assembly of the blade and the handle according to a traditional technique five centuries old.

The blade of the Japanese Ko-Yanagi knives is a traditional Japanese shape that fulfills the same role as the universal knives more communly known worldwide. It is a short blade but longer than a paring office knife which allows great ease in cutting small and medium foods on meats, fish, fruits and vegetables. This Ko-Yanagi is in between of the three size of Ko-Yanagi japanese knife from the Haiku Kurouchi series.

Each blade is carefully crafted by experienced knifemakers, who imbue each knife with their expertise, resulting in a strong sense of identity. Please note that the blades are sensitive to oxidation.

• Steel: Aoko 1,2% carbon sandwiched, hardness 62°HRC. Unpolished forged appearance
• Handle : cemented. Black stained Honoki wood. Steel ferrule
• Sharpening : ambidextrous V shape, 15° angle on each side