Hatsukokoro Kurogane Aogami santoku EN

Since its establishment in 2013, H&K Co. Ltd has been searching for the best products that Japan has to offer. In 2019, we developed our original brand “Hatsukokoro”. The word Hatsukokoro comes from the Japanese proverb “don’t forget your original intention”.

As a result of the contracts stipulated between the brand and the blacksmiths, sometimes the identity of some of the blacksmiths remains a mystery, which makes things a little more exciting.

Brand: Hatsukokoro
Series: Kurogane
Steel: Aogami 2
Hardness: 62 HRC
Type: santoku 170mm
Blade length: 17 cm
Blade height: 5.09 cm
Thickness at the heel: 2.5 mm
Thickness at the tip: 0.6 mm
Weight: 158 gr

Made entirely by hand, the handle is made with amboyna burl with frostbite resin spacer.

Tateo Myojin is a highly skilled blacksmith based in Tosa City and the mastermind behind this series of Kurokaze knives, made of Shirogami steel. Shirogami steel is considered the purest alloy used in cutlery. This steel can be very finely sharpened for clean and precise cuts. The Kurokaze series offers us an excellent quality-price ratio.