Kyohei Shindo | Santoku 165mm | Aogami 2 | Cherry Nakiri AUS8 has a lower carbon

AUS8 has a lower carbon

It’s like Shirogami but with added tungsten and chromium to give it better edge retention

’ is one of the sort after knives from 5th generation sword maker and knife smith Fujiwara Teruyasu

Brass fish scaler

Another regional version of this knife is the Takohiki 蛸引 or “Octopus puller” which has a square tip

Kyohei Shindo | Santoku 165mm | Aogami 2 | Cherry Nakiri AUS8 has a lower carbonKyohei Shindo is a young blacksmith working out of Tosa City, Kochi Prefecture, but originally from Hokkaido. He always wanted to be a craftsman and moved to Tosa to train as a blacksmith. After many hard years he gained the skills and opened his own workshop in 2020. His knives are very light with thin grinds. Santoku Santoku translates to 3 virtues, good for fish, meat and vegetables. Though they are a taller knife, which makes control a little