Yoshimi Kato SG2 Minamo Bunka 175mmThe Minamo is the latest offering from master Yoshimi Kato from Kintaro Hamono of Takefu Knife Village. The Minamo line is forged with the SG2 powdered steel that is very fine, sharp and has great edge retention. The elegant hammered "Minamo" pattern is inspired by the summer Thunderstorm, Master Kato has been working with Master Kurosaki for a very long period of time, and their knives are highly similar in terms of desgin and performance: super thin

This kind of clay from Iga is super porous

Sugimoto was the first to begin producing Western and Chinese-style knives

Elegent yet super functional wooden base with magnet

this SW series model continues the maker's tradition of supplying functional tools for professional kitchen applications

slicing vegetables

Sharpened by MoriHiro

White #3 steel contains 0

though the reactive carbon composition requires immediate wiping and drying after use to prevent corrosion

Sakai Takayuki Kokushin line features high performance SG2 powdered steel

Maintenance:

The wear-resistance property of PM steel can sometimes be a double-sword for kitchen knives

tools such as the palette knives are very popular among professional sweet makers because they will just last for years without loosing the elastic feel