Kyohei Shindo | Santoku 165mm | Aogami 2 | Cherry Yanagiba also known as MBS-26

also known as MBS-26

This is a single bevel leather knife

good edge retention and ease of sharpening

This santoku is taken to a hardness of 53-54 HRC

Shimatani is the 2nd generation blacksmith if Shimatani Knife Studio

Kyohei Shindo | Santoku 165mm | Aogami 2 | Cherry Yanagiba also known as MBS-26Kyohei 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