Gesshin Ittetsu

This Gesshin Ittetsu 180mm Fushuko Hon-Kasumi Deba comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. These are a stainless steel, but have excellent edge retention and perform at a level I would put on par with all but the most high end single bevel knives. In fact, they are the closest to using carbon steel without being carbon steel of any stainless single bevel knives I have ever tried. We have been trying to find a higher end stainless single bevel series like this for a long time...here it is.

The Gesshin Ittetsu 180mm White #2 Single Bevel Wa-Petty is a very cool knife. As a single bevel knife, it is actually a lot like a yanagiba, but slightly thinner than what Ittetsu normally does for yanagiba in this size. This knife works out to be a very nice utility knife and can be used for slicing many things (though it should be kept away from very hard foods and meats with bone). For a long time, I used a yanagiba this size as a utility/multi-purpose knife in professional kitchens. I still use that knife to this day in my home kitchen for meats (both cooked and raw), veggies, and fruits.

The Gesshin Ittetsu 180mm White #2 Single Bevel Wa-Petty is a very cool knife. As a single bevel knife, it is actually a lot like a yanagiba, but slightly thinner than what Ittetsu normally does for yanagiba in this size. This size works out to be a very nice utility knife and can be used for slicing many things (though you should keep it away from very hard foods and meats with bone). For a long time, I used a yanagiba this size as a utility/multi-purpose knife in professional kitchens. I still use that knife to this day in my home kitchen for meats (both cooked and raw), veggies, and fruits.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 180mm White #2 Hon-Kasumi Wa-Petty comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. The sides of this knife have a misty white polish and the core steel can be seen in a slightly more polished finish near the edge. When visiting Ittetsu last year, we saw this kind of finish on some knives in their workshop and asked if we could have some made. The knife is also on the thinner side of what we normally see with hand forged clad knives. The profile and grind are very nice and the polish is really fascinating.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 210mm Fushuko Hon-Kasumi Deba comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. These are a stainless steel, but have excellent edge retention and perform at a level I would put on par with all but the most high end single bevel knives. In fact, they are the closest to using carbon steel without being carbon steel of any stainless single bevel knives I have ever tried. We have been trying to find a higher end stainless single bevel series like this for a long time...here it is.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 210mm White #2 Hon-Kasumi Wa-Gyuto comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. The sides of this knife have a misty white polish and the core steel can be seen in a slightly more polished finish near the edge. When visiting Ittetsu last year, we saw this kind of finish on some knives in their workshop and asked if we could have some made. The knife is also on the thinner side of what we normally see with hand forged clad knives. The profile and grind are very nice and the polish is really fascinating.

Our resident quiet-guy-in-the-back, Steve, is at it again. This time he flexed realllllllly hard with this electric painting. The engraved owl, perched on a pine tree, monitors the landscape with piercing eyes. This fiery saya is one-of-a-kind. The OEM saya is included with the knife as well, so that you can display the painted saya and use the plain one for storage. As for the knife, it is a poster child of hand-forged Sakai double bevel knives. The sides of this knife have a misty white polish and the core steel can be seen in a slightly more polished finish near the edge. The knife is also on the thinner side of what we normally see with hand forged clad knives. The profile and grind are very nice and the polish is really fascinating.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 240mm White #2 Hon-Kasumi Wa-Gyuto comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. The sides of this knife have a misty white polish and the core steel can be seen in a slightly more polished finish near the edge. When visiting Ittetsu last year, we saw this kind of finish on some knives in their workshop and asked if we could have some made. The knife is also on the thinner side of what we normally see with hand forged clad knives. The profile and grind are very nice and the polish is really fascinating.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 270mm Blue #2 Hon-Kasumi Wa-Sujihiki comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. The sides of this knife have a misty white polish and the core steel can be seen in a slightly more polished finish near the edge. When visiting Ittetsu a few years ago, we saw this kind of finish on some knives in their workshop and asked if we could have some made. The profile and grind are very nice and the polish is really fascinating.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 270mm Fushuko Hon-Kasumi Yanagiba comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. These are a stainless steel, but have excellent edge retention and perform at a level I would put on par with all but the most high end single bevel knives. In fact, they are the closest to using carbon steel without being carbon steel of any stainless single bevel knives i have ever tried. We have been trying to find a higher end stainless single bevel series like this for a long time...here it is.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 270mm White #2 Hon-Kasumi Wa-Gyuto comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. The sides of this knife have a misty white polish and the core steel can be seen in a slightly more polished finish near the edge. When visiting Ittetsu last year, we saw this kind of finish on some knives in their workshop and asked if we could have some made. The knife is also on the thinner side of what we normally see with hand forged clad knives. The profile and grind are very nice and the polish is really facinating.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 300mm Blue #2 Hon-Kasumi Wa-Sujihiki comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. The sides of this knife have a misty white polish and the core steel can be seen in a slightly more polished finish near the edge. When visiting Ittetsu a few years ago, we saw this kind of finish on some knives in their workshop and asked if we could have some made. The profile and grind are very nice and the polish is really facinating.

This Gesshin Ittetsu 300mm Fushuko Hon-Kasumi Yanagiba comes with a ho wood octagonal handle and matching saya. These are a stainless steel, but have excellent edge retention and perform at a level I would put on par with all but the most high end single bevel knives. In fact, they are the closest to using carbon steel without being carbon steel of any stainless single bevel knives I have ever tried. We have been trying to find a higher end stainless single bevel series like this for a long time...here it is.