[Left Handed] Fusachika 1st Grade, Yanagiba Sushi Knife, Steel 270mm/10.6in

Fusachika Professional Chef Knife Series is top grade Japanese chef knives made for professionals. Finest materials are processed by craftsmen 100% handmade in Japan. Their craftsmanship enables highest cutting performances and it lasts long.

Knives of Fusachika are made by the factory making Toshu knife series. The factory has highest technique called "Edo-togi" grind, which makes knife sharpest among Japanese knives. They applied their techniques to professional knives that are made mainly for professional chefs. Therefore, the knives have single edge which is the traditional style of Japanese chef knives and which cut better than double-edged knives.

Products of Fusachika Professional Chef Knife Series

*This knife is made for left-handed. Blade angles and handle are made left and right opposite.

This Sushi knife has blade length of 270mm/10.63in which is a basic size of Sushi knives (or it’s called “Yanagiba” among Japanese chefs) for professional use. This length is suitable for both professional and home uses. This type of knives are specializing for a slicing of fish for sushi and sashimi. Its length and shape of the blade allows to slice through an ingredient with extremely a long stroke, which prevent cut ends of ingredients from being squashy due to multiple strokes.
Handle is made of a most popular wood material, Japanese Magnolia, with basic design and finished by genuine Water Buffalo horn at the end of blade side.

This knife belongs to 1st Grade Series, which is made of a white steel "Shirogami-I". Shirogami steel is one of the representative materials of the finest steels for chef knives. White steels have less impurities, and it is very sensitive to the conditions when processing. Therefore, good craftsman makes good knives, but ordinal craftsman can't process it to make good knives. Experienced craftsmen have finished this series of knives literally "1st grade". Knife types in this category are Sushi knives (Yanagiba) and Fillet knives (Deba).