G-16 Usuba White Steel 165mm Kitchen Cutlery Chef Knife

The G-16 Usuba features a white steel #3 core blade. The magnolia wood handle is ornamented with a water buffalo horn bolster, making this an elegant work of functional art. The usuba is a vegetable knife with a single-bevel edge makes super thin slices and can cut chunks of denser vegetables without splitting them. 

About the Honsho Kanemasa G Series:

The Honsho Kanemasa G series contains high grade Japanese-style kitchen knives for professional use. Its cutting edge core is made of Hitachi white steel #3, formed during forging with a soft iron for high cutting performance and longer edge retention (Ai-Deba: Yellow steel #3/Soft Iron). The traditional D-shaped Magnolia wooden handle features a water buffalo horn bolster.