Hasegawa Cutting Boards

Hasegawa — a Japanese cutting board born for theJapanese knifein the truest sense 

            Hasegawa cutting boards from Chiba (home of Narita Airport) are made truly for Japanese knives. Japanese knives are very sharp, so the edge — the smallest and most fragile part (think of a very finely sharpened pencil) — loses its sharpness if it hits something hard. That is why the surface of Hasegawa boards uses a soft, flexible, blade-friendly material: elastomer. The core is made of wood to prevent the warping and bending that happens with almost every board material. Hasegawa got this technology from making ski boots (before making cutting boards, Mr. Hasegawa senior made ski boots for export to Europe). Besides preventing warping, it also makes Hasegawa boards on average 30% lighter than ordinary boards of the same thickness, so they are easy to wash and clean. Hasegawa boards also withstand heat up to 90 °C, so small Hasegawa boards can go straight into the dishwasher!