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Carbon - White Steel Knives (Shirogami 1 and 2) - 白鋼 $$$

About White Steel Knives (Shirogami #1 and #2) - Carbon Steel

Sharpness　★★★★★ (5/5)

Hardness/durability　★★★★☆ (4/5)

Edge retention ★★★★☆ (4/5)

Ease of sharpening　★★★★☆ (4/5)

Rust resistance　★★★☆☆ (3/5)

Manufactured by Hitachi Metals,Ltd. Contains Carbon 1.3%, Manganese 0.25%, Rockwell Hardness 61-64 HRC. Very hard material made from fine particle pure carbon.

White steel (also known as “Shirogami”) is used to for cutlery products that can be sharpened to an excellent edge with good quality natural stones. It is a carbon steel with only very small amounts of the impurities.

It has a very narrow range of temperatures for hardening (Yakiire and quenching), and thus requires the blacksmith to be very skilled.

The only downside of White-2 steel is that it’s not rust resistant as it contains high amount of carbon so that it requires users a good maintenance practice.