Yoshihiro 270mm shiroko (White steel) yanagiba, with Magnolia wood D-shape handle and black water buffalo ferrule and it also came with a wooden saya. I bought off eBay for roughly the same price as a Masahiro Bessen (plastic ferrule) and I get a saya included as well.
Good to see they rounded and polished the choil which you don’t see much. It came with a very small micro bevel, thus making it very easy to fix and fully sharpen the edge to my personal preference.
Original post: 19OCT08
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how is this yanagi?
Sorry Andrew for LATE reply.
The yanagiba is not bad, but neither a work of functional art. For the price in comparison to the two other Masahiro yanagibas I have; better value and finish than Bessen series, and up there in finish with the Saijo series and you'll get a saya for a bit handful of change over what a Bessen series might cost.
The hollow at the back is not too great at the tip, and the flat portions a tad wide to be thin-thin. The grinding at the front has a two over-grind spots, one at the curve up to the tip and just forward of the heel.
The wood used in the handle is somewhat open-pored, so when after a little time the handle develops a bit of fuzz.
Hope this helps.
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