KAKURI Kiridashi Knife Right Hand 24mm, Hand Forged Japanese Carbon Steel Blade with Hammered Pattern, Made in Japan

Only wish it had a hole or notch punched in the handle end to help wrap a cord handle on it. As is, it's a lovely textured steel as shown in the photo, but the edges are square so it's tough on your hand after a while. Otherwise, a great knife for trimwork.

I chose this particular style to use as a “paring” skiving knife. It came very sharp. I like the hammered finish. It has a tip protector that you can reuse. I haven’t used it yet but I would expect it to work very well with the design. The difference between a regular skiving knife and this one is that you can skive the leather extra thin because with no handle you can get closer to your work piece and keep a flatter angle on the blade. For these reasons I would recommend this knife.

Incredibly sharp edge. I used it to skive leather and it works very well, better than my self sharpened flat knife by far.... I don't have experience with extremely expensive leather knives but I couldn't imagine anything being much better than this.

High quality

This knife is gorgeous. It holds a razor sharp edge forever and is just a pleasure to use. Not sure what else to say about it.

So sharp that if you accidentally cut yourself, it will heal much quicker than you expect… Take proper precautions

Very nice for the price.

some kind of high carbon japanese steel that sharpens super quick and cuts leather like butter