The 180mm hon-deba in left-handed configuration is the rarest and most useful size in this range for left-handed professional cooks. At 182mm blade length and 7mm spine thickness this is the full-size format - built for breaking down large whole fish with authority. Sakai Takayuki produces this in a true left-handed single-bevel grind, a production run that requires deliberate tooling and is not available from most makers. For left-handed fish cooks who have been working around right-handed geometry, this knife represents a genuine step up.
The AUS8A stainless construction takes the corrosion concern off the table in a wet fish-station environment. The single-bevel left-handed grind produces the same acute edge geometry that right-handed professionals use for clean filleting strokes and precise portioning - just oriented for the left-hand pull motion that is natural for left-handed cooks. At 54mm blade height and 320g it has the presence and mass to work through large whole fish without effort. No saya is available for this knife. D-shaped ho wood handle with buffalo horn ferrule. Left-handed use only.
Care Instructions: AUS8A stainless is corrosion resistant and low maintenance. Hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher. Single-bevel sharpening: work the flat ura side on a flat stone to maintain the hollow grind, sharpen the bevel at the original angle. Do not use for hard bones or frozen foods.
The AUS8A stainless construction takes the corrosion concern off the table in a wet fish-station environment. The single-bevel left-handed grind produces the same acute edge geometry that right-handed professionals use for clean filleting strokes and precise portioning - just oriented for the left-hand pull motion that is natural for left-handed cooks. At 54mm blade height and 320g it has the presence and mass to work through large whole fish without effort. No saya is available for this knife. D-shaped ho wood handle with buffalo horn ferrule. Left-handed use only.
Care Instructions: AUS8A stainless is corrosion resistant and low maintenance. Hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher. Single-bevel sharpening: work the flat ura side on a flat stone to maintain the hollow grind, sharpen the bevel at the original angle. Do not use for hard bones or frozen foods.
- Maker: Sakai Takayuki
- Location: Sakai, Japan
- Construction: Hammer Forged, Single Bevel Traditional Grind
- Edge Steel: Inox AUS8A Stainless Steel
- Grind: Single Bevel
- Orientation: Left-Handed Only
- Handle: D-Shaped Ho Wood
- Ferrule: Buffalo Horn
- Weight: 11.1 oz (318 g)
- Blade Length: 182mm
- Total Length: 325mm
- Spine Thickness at Base: 7mm
- Blade Height: 54mm
- Note: No saya available for this knife
