We asked our team in Japan to make a longer bread knife but doing a new blade die proved difficult, so they came up with the idea to extend the machi to give it a longer feel even though the working cutting edge is the same as the standard model. It came out great!
Brand: Kohetsu
Maker: Tsukahara
Location: Seki City, Japan
Construction: Laser Cut, Mono Steel
Steel Type: 1K6 Stainless Steel
HRC: 60 +-
Edge Grind: Even
Handle: Maple Octagonal
Ferrule: Maple
Weight: 5.7 oz (162 g)
Edge Length: 230 mm
Total Length: 416 mm
Spine Thickness at Heel: 2 mm
Blade Height: 40 mm
Reviews
1 review(s) WRITE A REVIEW (Reviews are subject to approval) Finally, a Wa handled bread knifePosted By: Nikita
6 people found this review helpful
recently impulse-bought this as I need wa handles on everything, however it performs extremely well as a bread knife, my old bread knife was the Tojiro ITK 270mm bread knife, and both knives now have been used for service in a very bust restaurant. the kohetsu knife holds up very well, with little flex in the blade and a general feeling of sturdiness. the blade itself is very thin, and nice and light so it doesn't strain my hand when slicing bread in large volumes, which was an issue that I had with the tojiro after ~10 loaves of bread.
6 people found this review helpful
recently impulse-bought this as I need wa handles on everything, however it performs extremely well as a bread knife, my old bread knife was the Tojiro ITK 270mm bread knife, and both knives now have been used for service in a very bust restaurant. the kohetsu knife holds up very well, with little flex in the blade and a general feeling of sturdiness. the blade itself is very thin, and nice and light so it doesn't strain my hand when slicing bread in large volumes, which was an issue that I had with the tojiro after ~10 loaves of bread.
