Sakai Takayuki GinRyu (銀龍) Swedish Steel Honyaki

GinRyu (銀龍, Silver Dragon) is an artisan line from Sakai Takayuki, in the Artisan knives range. These are honyaki blades, made in the traditional single steel style with no cladding, forged from Swedish stainless steel and hardened to HRC 61-62, so the blade stays bright with far less care than a carbon honyaki.

The flip side is honest: at this hardness the edge can chip under torque or a bad board, and sharpening one of these back to shape is specialist work. With proper technique the edge lasts a long time between sharpenings. This is a knife for someone who already knows single bevel technique.

Each yanagiba and kiritsuke yanagiba is finished with a Corian ferrule handle over ebony with double metal spacers, and comes with a saya. A serious knife for professional sushi chefs and collectors alike.