R-2 Damascus kitchen knife from Custom knife maker Hiroo Itou
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Just Arrived !!
Wide Selections of Mr. Itou Custom Knife Collections
(Includes Premium Collection)
On April 1 and 2, we had a
Spring Knife Show in Seki City.There were about 40 custom
knifemakers attended from all over Japan. Among the
custom knifemakers,we found an interesting
knifemaker,who is hand making Gyuto type
Chef knives out of the special powdered steel called R2.
His name is Hiroo Itou from FukuiCity, northern part of
Japan. He has explained me that this
powdered steel is made by Kobe Steel Company (Kobelco), one of
the biggest steel maker in Japan. He said they never
show him the chemical analysis of the steel (it seems they
want to keep it confidencial to prevent being copied by other
steel makers), but he found this steel the
best for the kitchen knives in
terms of the sharpness, edge retention, durability and rust resistance.
I have asked him how good it is compared with
other powdered steel such as Cowry (Daido steel) and ZDP
(Hitachi steel), and he said, oh, uncomparable..... it is much
far better than those powdered
steels.
He uses this R2 powdered steel for the core edge heat treated to Rockwell
Rc 62,hand forged with 16 layered hard and soft stainless steel materials
(total 33 layered Damascus blade).
As seen on the other expensive custom knives, the full tang blade is tapered to the end of handle
for a perfect weight balance, and each blade and
handle varies in size,shape and weight due to the hand made
knives. He uses the selected handle materials,hand contoured and polished very
carefully for a perfect grip.
Total Length:305mm
Blade Thickness:2mm
Total Weight: 213g
$710.00
Available in Stock
Gyuto 210mm
UP!! Mr.Itou Gyuto 210mm "Abalone Handle"
Abalone Handle
Gyuto 210mm
Total Length:325mm Blade Thickness:2mm Total Weight: 221g
$500.00
SOLD OUT
UP!! Mr.Itou Gyuto 210mm "New Abalone Handle"
New Abalone Handle
Gyuto 210mm
Total Length:330mm Blade Thickness:2mm Total Weight: 218g
$500.00
Available in Stock
Gyuto 220mm & 230mm & 240mm
One-of-a-kind, Premium
Knife Collection Part
1
Mr.Itou Gyuto 230mm "Mammoth Molar Tooth Ivory Handle" Mr. Itou One-of-a-kind, Premium Knife Collection. Mr. Itou has
collected and owned very rare and special handle materials. Mammoth Molar
Tooth Ivory is very rare and has unique texture. This time, he has
specially made Gyuto 230mm with this rare handle material (Mammoth Molar Tooth
Ivory). To match with this special handle, he used Genuine solid
Silver for the bolster part. (Normally he use Nickel Silver material for
the bolster) and has done extra hand sharpening process, the item
comes with Kiri Wooden Box. Mr. Itou One-of-a-kind, Premium
Knife Collection.
Mammoth Molar Tooth Ivory Handle
Gyuto 230mm
Total Length:360mm Blade Thickness:2.2mm Total Weight:
310g
$1180.00
SOLD OUT
One-of-a-kind, Premium Knife Collection Part 2
Mr.Itou Sujihiki 280mm "Mammoth Molar Tooth Ivory Handle" Mr. Itou One-of-a-kind, Premium Knife Collection. Mr. Itou has
collected and owned very rare and special handle materials. Mammoth Molar
Tooth Ivory is very rare and has unique texture. This time, he has
specially made Sujihiki 280mm with this rare handle material (Mammoth Molar Tooth
Ivory). To match with this special handle, he used Genuine solid
Silver for the bolster part. (Normally he use Nickel Silver material for
the bolster) and has done extra hand sharpening process, the item
comes with Hand Crafted Ebony Wooden Saya.Mr. Itou One-of-a-kind, Premium
Knife Collection.
Mammoth Molar Tooth Ivory
Handle
Sujihiki280mm
Total Length:410mm Blade Thickness:2.2mm Total Weight:
284g
$1280.00
SOLDAvailable in Stock
UP!! Mr.Itou Gyuto 220mm "Camel
Bone Handle (Dark Brown
Color)"
Camel Bone Handle (Dark Brown Color)
Gyuto 220mm
Total
Length:350mm
Blade Thickness:2.2mm Total
Weight: 242g
$580.00
Available in Stock
UP!! Mr.Itou Gyuto 220mm "Camel
Bone Handle (Dark Brown
Color)"
Ironwood Handle
Gyuto 220mm
Total Length:345mm Blade Thickness:2.2mm Total Weight:
197g
