Trade in, lightly used, sharpened a little along microbevel, kireba was recently cleaned up a bit. no box. Tadafusa Aogami #2 nashiiji knives are forged with a softer stainless cladding and a hard carbon steel center. They are forged with wide, kireba primary bevels which allows for easy thinning down the road. Aogami #2, or blue #2, is a steel made by Hitachi that is formulated to retain long edge life. Aogami #2 has the lowest carbon content and shortest edge life of the Aogami steels. Despite this, Aogami #2 does have a longer cutting duration compared to most other steels.

Tadafusa hand forges knives in Sanjo City, Niigata. The make high quality, affordable hand forged knives with Japanese carbon and stainless steels, with Western and Japanese style handles.