Gesshin Stainless Set (150mm, 210mm, and 240mm)

We are very excited to bring you knives from Ashi Hamono. Ashi Hamono produces their knives entirely in-house. From the blade to the handle, they do it all. Their knives are very well finished, beautiful to look at, and have very good geometry. When you hold these knives in your hand, you can really see and feel the attention to detail that Ashi gives to every knife.

Ashi refers to this set as the “With Mother” set. They designed these knives to be very unintimidating and easy to use. Ashi hopes to encourage families to cook together in the home and hopes that this set will inspire people to do so. The 130mm and 170mm sized knives are very comfortable sizes for many home cooks. The shape of the blade is similar to the santoku knives that have become so popular recently. This set can be great for home cooks looking for easy to use and unintimidating knives, or for pros looking for a few comfortable line knives for cramped quarters. Don’t let the name of the set throw you off… these are high-performance knives for home cooks and pros alike. These knives are hardened to 58 HRC.

For many years we've had customers ask us about carving sets.  Especially around Thanksgiving, it seems everyone is looking for a set like this.  We've always looked around during our annual trips to Japan, but the concept of a carving set is not such a big part of Japanese culture.  This year, we finally found a few sets while visiting Seki.  Of course, we immediately picked them up and brought them back before the holidays.  The set includes a stainless carving knife and a carving fork.  They have a sleek and stylish curved design and come very sharp and ready to go (we are sharpening them before they leave the store). We hope you enjoy this set.

This set is discounted 20%. The Gesshin Stainless Wa-Series are exclusive for Japanese Knife Imports. We designed these from a sketch on paper all the way through to the final product. The steel is AUS-8 at about 58-59 HRC, so they will sharpen easily and have very good toughness (resistance to chipping). They are also relatively thin behind the edge, so they will move through food pretty easily, with very little wedging. The neck of the knives is a bit longer, helping to make the pinch grip a bit more comfortable. The handles are American cherry in an oval shape, with an inner copper ring for stability over time.  They also come with a ho wood sayas, which feature a  pin attached by a string to help prevent loss.

We hope these knives serve you well.  We think they will make great first Japanese knives, are good workhorses for home cooks and professionals alike, and will provide a very nice balance of cutting performance with ease of use and care.

* These knives are sharpened prior to shipping.

Together with the skilled craftsmen, Yamamoto Hideaki and Yamamoto Shinichiro, we are proud to introduce Gesshin Hide.  These knives represent the best of Sakai Uchihamono.  From the first time I sharpened one of these knives in 2010, I knew how amazing they were.  With a combination of great steel and amazing grinding, shaping, and sharpening work, these knives are easily among the best single bevel knives I have used. On all of our newer ones we have started polishing the spine and choil.

We hope you enjoy the Gesshin Hide line, as we are extremely proud to be carrying them.

This set of two yanagiba feature ebony octagon handles with nickel silver spacers and ebony sayas with decorative paintings done by an artist in japan.  The blades are both blue #1 steel, what the Gesshin Hide knives are known for, and feature mirror polished faces, as well as rounded and polished spines and choils (standard on our Gesshin Hide Knives).