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HK-5 'Hocho Kobo' Deba Knife - WAZA
HK-5 'Hocho Kobo' Deba Knife - WAZA
HK-5 'Hocho Kobo' Deba Knife - WAZA
R 3,670

HK-5 'Hocho Kobo' Deba Knife

TADAFUSA

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The Tadafusa Hocho Kobo range of household knives combines a contemporary look with the traditional hand forged knife making techniques of the company. The HK-5 deba knife is a thick, single bevel knife for preparing fish. Its weight and thickness allows it to easily cut through fish heads and bones. It is an integral part of any Japanese kitchen.

The blade combines SLD steel which provides a sharp cutting edge with a stainless steel coating for the body. The chestnut handle is heat treated using a patented method in order to prevent shrinkage and to increase bacterial resistance.

Dimensions: 150mm blade length

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Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture is a well known hub in Japan of blacksmith factories and hardware manufacturing businesses. Its blacksmith tradition goes back to 1635.

The founder of Tadafusa - Torasaburo Sone - started Tadafusa in 1948 and, by using the techniques of the region, began making sickles, short swords, kitchen knives and hand-forged metal scales. Over time, Tadafusa became renowned especially for fishing knives, kitchen knives and soba knives.

Now in its third generation under the leadership of Tadayuki Sone, Tadafusa has introduced many contemporary elements to its knife ranges, including partnering with industrial designers like Fumie Shibata for the Hocho Kobo range and Yusuke Seki for its knife showroom. As a result, Tadafusa has won a number of Good-Design Awards and in the words of the company "have been continuing taking great effort to create the hand-forged knives that customers really desire for with the demands of the present age."

Tadafusa knives are ideal for serious home cooks as well as professional chefs and come in different blade types and wooden handle finishes. They have pioneered a process of carbonising wood handles to improve the antibacterial properties.