Shirogami #2, also known as White #2, is a high-carbon steel prized for taking an extremely keen edge and sharpening back to that edge with relative ease, and this 150mm petty from Anryu Hamono puts it to work in a versatile, everyday size. The core is set into a multi-layer soft iron Damascus cladding, finished in a rustic kurouchi coating that fades into a layered suminagashi pattern along the blade road.
Anryu Hamono was founded by Katsushige Anryu, a fourth-generation blacksmith who has since handed daily forging over to his longtime apprentice, Ikeda san, though Anryu still works the hammer from time to time. This petty handles general prep, garnish work, and other smaller cutting tasks with ease, and the handle is an oval rosewood with a black pakka wood ferrule.
Care Instructions: Shirogami #2 is a reactive carbon steel, and the soft iron cladding is reactive as well, so wipe and dry the blade promptly after every use. Avoid leaving acidic foods against the blade for long stretches, and apply a light coat of camellia oil for longer-term storage. Hand wash only, and sharpen on quality water stones.
Anryu Hamono was founded by Katsushige Anryu, a fourth-generation blacksmith who has since handed daily forging over to his longtime apprentice, Ikeda san, though Anryu still works the hammer from time to time. This petty handles general prep, garnish work, and other smaller cutting tasks with ease, and the handle is an oval rosewood with a black pakka wood ferrule.
Care Instructions: Shirogami #2 is a reactive carbon steel, and the soft iron cladding is reactive as well, so wipe and dry the blade promptly after every use. Avoid leaving acidic foods against the blade for long stretches, and apply a light coat of camellia oil for longer-term storage. Hand wash only, and sharpen on quality water stones.
- Workshop: Anryu Hamono
- Blacksmith: Ikeda San
- Location: Takefu Village, Echizen, Japan
- Construction: San Mai, Hammer Forged
- Edge Steel: Shirogami #2 (White Paper #2)
- Cladding: Soft Iron Damascus
- HRC: 61
- Finish: Kurouchi
- Edge Grind: Even
- Handle: Rosewood Oval
- Ferrule: Black Pakka Wood
- Weight: 2.6 oz (74 g)
- Blade Length: 150 mm
- Total Length: 276 mm
- Spine Thickness at Base: 3 mm
- Blade Height: 34 mm
