Hatsukokoro Yorokobi rainbow 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
Blacksmith: it’s a mystery
Series: Yorokobi
Finish: Tsuchile Kurouchi
Steel: SLD and copper damascus coating
Hardness: 63 +-1 HRC
Type: santoku
Blade length: 16.5 cm
Blade height: 4.95 cm
Thickness at the heel: 3 mm
Thickness at the tip: 0.5 mm
Weight: 158 gr

Handcrafted, the handle is made of a stabilized amboyna burl, brass spacer and red jasper stone ferrule.

The Yorokobi series offers high-performance, beautifully crafted Japanese knives for those who value both functionality and aesthetics. Crafted in Sanjo, Japan by the same smith behind the highly regarded Komorebi series, the core of this blade is made from modern, semi-stain-resistant SLD steel, renowned for its durability, ease of sharpening, and exceptional edge retention.