If you want buy this knive to the right, you will have to wait and pay dearly. It is a Hattori KD series gyuto (chef’s knife), and according to the retail site, “Mr. Hattori has devoted all his energies, times, experiences and techniques to create these beautiful Chef’s knives, using ancient forging techniques of the swordmaking.”
They no longer accept online orders on JapaneseChefsknife.com but will accept e-mail messages to be put on a waiting list. The wait: well that will probably take a year or so as these knives are hand forged and made in small batches, and that is a good thing because you will need to start saving to cover the $1128 price tag for a 10-inch gyuto (chef’s knife). Merry Christmas 2012.
