Jin 216mm High Speed Steel Mioroshi Deba with Saya MD-33 bizen and may be brittle for

and may be brittle for users not accustomed to Japanese knives

It's clad with a softer stainless steel that has a stylized star-patterned tsuchime

Knife Type: Sakimaru Yanagiba

These knives have nice convex grind from spine to edge and feature western handles made of micarta

we were impressed with the edge retention of this peeler

Jin 216mm High Speed Steel Mioroshi Deba with Saya MD-33 bizen and may be brittle forProduct Description Detailed Specs Measurements This high speed knife is one of a kind knife. The maker of the Jin knives was born in Tokyo before World War II and began making knives early on in his life. We met with him some years ago, during our first business trip to Japan. After a very nice meeting with him, we were lucky enough to be allowed to carry his knives. At the time we met him, he was already retired, so his knives are all new old stock