Echizen / Takefu · K011
Masakage (Yuki) Bunka
The Yuki bunka combines Yoshimi Kato’s frosted finish with a compact, sharply pointed blade. Stainless cladding protects most of the White #2 core, leaving the exposed edge reactive. It shares its pale finish with your Yuki gyuto.
Materials and geometry
- Steel
- White #2
- Cladding
- Stainless
- Finish
- Frosted nashiji with a brighter lower bevel
- Grind
- Likely shallow hollow below the shoulder; heel appears near-flat
- Handle
- Japanese wa handle (oval magnolia and red pakkawood on the catalogue model)
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