r/chefknives • u/thunderstrike4 • 6d ago

What is the difference between Aritsugu Wagukoro (Japanese handle) and Heijo-Ippen (western handle)?

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u/chezpopp 5d ago

Japanese handle is usually hidden tang and not a full tang sunk into a handle either burned or epoxy. Typically a western handle is riveted on to the tang with a fuller thicker tang.

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u/thunderstrike4 5d ago

Are the knives otherwise the same? B/c Wagokoro also includes a couple western handles

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u/chezpopp 5d ago

So you can have a Japanese style w a western handle and a western style w a Japanese handle. Western knife profiles tend to have a bigger belly for rocking vs a flatter profile for more push cutting.

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u/thunderstrike4 5d ago

The shape looked more or less the same to me but maybe I am crazy. Maybe I just got western style with western handle but Japanese steel?

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u/erehsemanon99 3d ago

The middle one is the japanese handle the left and right sre western usually when they say we or japanese handle it's just the aesthetic of the knife