Traded Hitohira Ashi Swedish monosteel 270mm

[Piskopo]

For sale used once on paper, never sharpened. Hitohira Ashi Swedish monosteel 270mm Gyuto. Asking $275usd including shipping to Canada and the USA. Open to international shipping. PM me with any questions.

Brand: Hitohira ひとひら (一片)
Smith: Ashi Hamono 芦刃物製作所
Producing Area: Sakai-Osaka/ Japan
Profile: Gyuto
Size: 270mm
Steel Type: Stainless Steel
Steel: Mono Swedish Stainless Steel
Handle: Ebony & Buffalo Horn Ferrule Octagonal
Total Length: 426mm
Edge Length: 258mm
Handle to Tip Length: 273mm
Blade Height: 50mm
Thickness: 2.1mm
Handle Length: 155mm
Weight: 215g

 

[Bensonhai]

Nice looking laser!
GLWS!

 

[Piskopo]

Bump

 

[JPAU]

Are these forged or stamped? I’d say the latter but I saw that in one bendora website they refer to Ashi as blasksmith…

 

[blokey]

Are these forged or stamped? I’d say the latter but I saw that in one bendora website they refer to Ashi as blasksmith…

Ashi Hamono is the one made them, they are laser cut then grounded by hand, some of the best grind out there. Takada worked in Ashi before doing his own, so. Their grind are quite similar