Tojiro Deba Shirogami 165mm (6.5″) [Buffalo]

TOJIRO Deba Shirogami is a medium-sized deba designed for fish lovers and professional chefs.

BLADE SHAPE
The deba knife shape is one of the »big three« Japanese traditional kitchen knives, alongside usuba and yanagiba. They are essentials that every sushi chef needs to master. Deba is a traditional knife a chef uses to prepare the whole fish: anything from cleaning, filleting, portioning fish, removing fins and heads, to chopping through small bones. It can also be used for preparing poultry and other meat with small bones. You can read more about deba knives in this article.
The blade thickness of this knife is a hefty 7mm (0.27″) and the blade length is 165mm (6.5″), so it is most suitable for filleting medium-sized fish.

HANDLE
The D-shaped handle is made from traditional magnolia wood with a buffalo horn ferrule. Because the handle shape is not symmetric, this knife is only suitable for right-handed people. The handle is designed for comfortable and lengthy use. Magnolia wood is the first choice of Japanese chefs, especially sushi masters, because its wood does not emit or retain odors that could disturb the delicate taste of food. Usually, wood emits its own odor due to the extractive substances that are found in it in small quantities and can vary greatly from wood to wood, so this property of the material also needs to be considered when choosing a handle.

STEEL
With time, the blade will develop a protective patina! The knife is forged from the purest carbon steel – Shirogami #1 steel with a hardness of 61-62 HRC. Because of this, and is more suitable for a meticulous or experienced user, who will give it diligent maintenance. The advantage of such steel is that it has a very fine sharpness, is easy to sharpen, and stays sharp for a very long time. Ballistol oil is recommended for the care of such blades.

ABOUT TOJIRO:
TOJIRO is one of the top 5 Japanese kitchen knife manufacturers. They are renowned across Japan and internationally for their top-quality knives at a reasonable price. TOJIRO’s focus on advanced technologies, together with their insatiable dedication to constant improvements of their knives and materials, makes TOJIRO’s knives a must-have in any kitchen. TOJIRO’s main focus? Sharpness!

A big bonus is their great team, which we are always very eager to meet and talk to! 😊