The handle on this tall petty is installed crookedly.
Running a scant 120mm blade length, this Fugen petty is the knife to reach for when paring or processing smaller vegetables, or working into tight places on a piece of meat or poultry. It is made with the ever-popular Shirogami, or White, #1 steel clad with a soft iron layer (jigane), finished with a traditional rustic kurouchi covering that leaves the forging carbon in place on the blade face. The resulting black patina looks great and helps resist rust.
White #1 steel is well liked for its ease of sharpening and its ability to take a genuinely good edge, though it will dull slightly faster than Blue #1 - a fair trade given the price. The blade is ground with an even 50/50 profile, and the classic look is matched to an upgraded octagonal oak handle with a burnt urushi finish.
What Customers Are Saying: One reviewer calls this another great inexpensive carbon knife - acknowledging it lacks the fancier finishing of knives costing two to three times as much, but loving the blade itself for normal home use.
Care Instructions: White #1 is a highly reactive carbon steel and will patina quickly with use. Wipe and dry the blade immediately after every use. Hand wash only. Apply camellia oil for long-term storage.
Each knife is made by hand so measurements may vary.
Running a scant 120mm blade length, this Fugen petty is the knife to reach for when paring or processing smaller vegetables, or working into tight places on a piece of meat or poultry. It is made with the ever-popular Shirogami, or White, #1 steel clad with a soft iron layer (jigane), finished with a traditional rustic kurouchi covering that leaves the forging carbon in place on the blade face. The resulting black patina looks great and helps resist rust.
White #1 steel is well liked for its ease of sharpening and its ability to take a genuinely good edge, though it will dull slightly faster than Blue #1 - a fair trade given the price. The blade is ground with an even 50/50 profile, and the classic look is matched to an upgraded octagonal oak handle with a burnt urushi finish.
What Customers Are Saying: One reviewer calls this another great inexpensive carbon knife - acknowledging it lacks the fancier finishing of knives costing two to three times as much, but loving the blade itself for normal home use.
Care Instructions: White #1 is a highly reactive carbon steel and will patina quickly with use. Wipe and dry the blade immediately after every use. Hand wash only. Apply camellia oil for long-term storage.
Each knife is made by hand so measurements may vary.
- Knife Brand: Fugen
- Blacksmith: Yoshimitsu
- Location: Nagasaki, Japan
- Construction: Hammer Forged, San Mai
- Cladding: Soft Iron
- Finish: Kurouchi
- Edge Steel: White #1
- HRC: 61
- Edge Grind: Even
- Weight: 2.3 oz (66 g)
- Blade Length: 119 mm
- Total Length: 250 mm
- Spine Thickness at Base: 3 mm
- Blade Height: 35 mm
- Handle: Oak Octagonal, One-Piece, Burnt Urushi Finish
