Bunka (all-purpose knife) with a 174 mm long blade.

A hand-forged knife by Nao Yamamoto. Yamamoto-san works in Takefu, Japan, and the knife is hot-forged from fine Aogami #2 carbon steel.
The handle is octagonal ebony with a blonde buffalo horn bolster.

• Core steel: Aogami #2 (HRC 63)

• Cladding: Iron with dark finish (Kurouchi)

• Weight: 140 g

• Blade height at heel: 50 mm

• Edge length: 174 mm

• Thickness spine root: 4.3 mm

• Thickness mid-spine: 1.8 mm