Hattori KD Series & Limited Knife Collections

About

Grand Master Ichiro Hattori is now 82 years old. For over 60 years, he has honed his knife making experience and skills, which are acknowledged to be amongst the best in the Japanese knife industry. He devotes most of his available time and energy to knife making and, in particular, he has he has spent a tremendous amount of time developing his special masterpiece KD Series Cowry X Damascus knives. These are Hattori’s original Damascus knives, created using processes that he invented and perfected through many years of trial & error. Hattori KD Series kitchen knives were introduced to the worldwide market in the year 1997. Industry experts, knife enthusiasts and professional Chefs soon recognized that these were some of the best premium-quality Japanese kitchen knives available. Hattori KD Series: "An Ultimate Masterpiece of Craftsmanship" - these are the only words that adequately describe these remarkable KD Series Chef’s knives, which are custom made by Mr. Hattori for discriminating culinary professionals. Mr. Hattori is an uncompromising traditional craftsman and he utilizes all of his available energy, passion, and expertise to create these beautiful Chef’s knives, which are made using ancient forging and sword making techniques. Each hand forged blade has a core layer of Cowry X and outer layers of Nickel-Stainless Damascus (SUS440 steel). Cowry X is a tough Powdered Metallurgy tool steel that was specially developed by Daido Steel Company for high-performance cutting tools. It contains a high volume of Carbon (3%) and Chromium (20%), some Molybdenum (1%) and a little Vanadium (0.3%). Amazingly, it can be heat treated to HRc. 63-67 without becoming brittle. The sturdy black linen Micarta handle fits your hand perfectly, is resistant to water and shrinkage, and is enhanced with a nickel silver bolster and rivets. Each knife comes in a traditional Kiri (Paulownia) wood presentation gift box. Today, Mr. Hattori is a very well known Craftsman in the worldwide