The long, narrow, graceful blade of the Shiro Kamo SG2 Sujihiki 270mm is particularly suited to trimming away sinew and fat from meat, finely slicing meat or boneless fish, or for filleting and skinning fish. The long blade allows the meat or fish to be cut in one single drawing motion, from heel to tip. Handcrafted and forged by Japanese blacksmith, Shiro Kamo, this knife is hot forged by hand in SG-2 powder steel, heat treated to 62-63 HRC. The blades are tapered and have a beautiful nickel damascus clad design for a total of 31 layers on the blade, and the octagonal walnut handles have a pakkawood ferrule. Kamo knives feature consistently even and thin grinds, clean blade finishes and fantastic attention to detail, not to mention the cutting performance to match. Caring for your handmade knife: Due to the nature of handcrafting and traditional blacksmithing, each knife is unique and may have some cosmetic distortion or irregularities. This is expected and normal. Because these knives are handcrafted, they do not qualify for warranty services.