My apologies for errors in starting this thread, it's my first attempt.
Ran across this while wandering about in Rakuten. It's a site with a HAP 40 gyuto at the lowest price I've seen. The search was made using Google and I'd recommend using it for this address.
global.rakuten.com|sakai-fukui
The first listed response starts SAKIN....... and is the store you want, and you will be in search mode for that store. In the side bar work your way to kitchen knives and select butcher knives. In the search bar enter "HAP 40 series #241382". The first entry should be the one you want. I think there's only one in stock. This is Gihei's least expensive version with wood yo handle. Wonder if the wa handled ones are in there somewhere.
good luck Pavel
Ran across this while wandering about in Rakuten. It's a site with a HAP 40 gyuto at the lowest price I've seen. The search was made using Google and I'd recommend using it for this address.
global.rakuten.com|sakai-fukui
The first listed response starts SAKIN....... and is the store you want, and you will be in search mode for that store. In the side bar work your way to kitchen knives and select butcher knives. In the search bar enter "HAP 40 series #241382". The first entry should be the one you want. I think there's only one in stock. This is Gihei's least expensive version with wood yo handle. Wonder if the wa handled ones are in there somewhere.
good luck Pavel