{"product_id":"kaleidoscopic-ebony-yanagiba-345mm","title":"Kaleidoscopic Ebony Yanagiba 345mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn pursuit of the outermost technical and performative reaches of high-precision culinary bladesmithing, Spanish artist Andrés Maldonado crafts a piece worthy of the most skilled chef. Forged by hand from a head-turning, house-made mosaic damascus, a pattern that takes Maldonado back to the luminescent kaleidoscopes of his childhood, the 345mm \/ 13.5\" blade is at once visual art and purpose-built tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcealed within the dense, interwoven metallic layers — the bright elements maintaining a high sheen through their nickel content — is asymmetrical single-bevel geometry honed meticulously for the long, delicate, single-motion slices most closely associated with the work of a sushi chef. Shaped for right-handed use, the right side's bevel meets the left side's concave ura at a hard, thin, razor-sharp edge. The crisp shinogi, the line where blade flat transitions to bevel, cuts through the kaleidoscopic design from heel to tip, a structural element that doubles as a visual one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the hands of a skilled chef, the yanagiba is less a tool than a discipline. Its length demands intention, its single bevel rewards precision, and its edge — maintained over years of daily use and careful sharpening — becomes an extension of the chef's own judgment. Every pass through fish, every draw of the edge, every moment of resistance tells the chef something. A knife like this one is not broken in. It is grown into.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn traditional octagonal wa form, long with a slight back-to-front taper, the sculpted handle allows for dextrous, fluid motions. Shaped from African ebony and highlighted by polished brass rings and bolster, a single custom mosaic pin completes the grip.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andres Maldonado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54483889422611,"sku":"AML-HCK12","price":5850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/andres-maldonado-kaleidoscopic-ebony-yanagiba-345mm-1250933044.jpg?v=1786820437","url":"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/kaleidoscopic-ebony-yanagiba-345mm","provider":"Eatingtools","version":"1.0","type":"link"}