Yoshihiro knives

[Brighty83]

I had been on the hunt for some new kitchen knives for the past couple of months to replace our old global knives. After a LOT of searching in order to meet both my and my wife's requirement's I finally made a purchase that I received earlier in the week.

The requirements were

1) They must be Forged, High carbon steel.
2) They must be Japanese made.
3) They must have a western style scale as my wife didn't like the traditional Japanese hand grip.
4) They must be under $1,000au for a set

In the end we decided on Yoshihiro knives, shown below.









I was a little worried to begin with, as there really isn't much information on Yoshihiro. These are probably better then I could have hopped for! The craftsmanship is astonishing, the hammered Damascus is beautiful and the scales really compliment these knives!

They came probably as sharp as my straight razors and to do some basic honing to get that razor sharp edge back after your wife cuts a pumpkin on a glass cutting board is effortless!

I would love to know if anyone else on SRP have any Yoshihiro knives and how they hold up after a few years?!

Video of the making