Yodeba is a western style fish filleting / butcher knife.
This thick heavy weight knife does awesome jobs on filleting large bonny fish. chopping bones,
and cutting anything hard.
The weight of knife makes it so easy to cut through bones and the tip is still pointy enough to trim meat etc.
The double bevel full tang blade is made from high quality Japanese Carbon steel, Hitachi White 2 ( Yasuki Shiro 2 ) carefully forged by knife master Mr Yoshito Yamakawa.
The handle is made of durable Black Pakka Wood.
Gokoo is a small artisan blade smith of Japan Traditional Crafts officially designated by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Gokoo’s knives have also been listed as Chiba Prefecture’s Traditional Crafts for more than a decade and their sought after knives are exclusively available here in Australia from SAITO KNIVES.
Each knife is hand sharpened and edge mirror polished before being despatched. Mirror polished edge is surprisingly sharp and blade stays sharp for long time.
This knife is made from high carbon steel and may rust if not maintained properly.
Please wash / dry completely and keep in cool dry area after use.
A grey layer of patina forms over the surface of blade but this is perfectly normal, harmless and it will protect the steel from further rusting.
If you wish to keep the blade shiny, you can remove the rust by scrubbing the blade with a Rust Eraser.
This knife is hand crafted with love and pride and there may be some scratches from Mr Yamakawa’s hammer works.
Weight, length and shape may be slightly different from knife to knife.
| Total length | 300mm |
| Blade length | 180mm |
| Blade width | 49mm |
| Blade thickness | 5mm |
| Weight | 380g |
| Blade | Yasuki Shiro ( White ) 2 High Carbon Steel |
| HRC | 60 |
