Kasumi Chef's Knife - Santoku - 5-1/4 in. (84013)

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Product Description for Kasumi Chef's Knife - Santoku - 5-1/4 in. (84013)

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Item num: 102871
Blade length: 5.50 in.
Cutting edge length: 5.25 in.
Total length: 9.75 in.
Blade height (at heel): 1.40 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.06 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.06 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.03 in.
Item weight: 4.20 oz.
Shipment weight: 7.2 oz.
Blade: Stainless damascus san mai blade with a VG10 stainless steel core (Hrc 59-60)
Bolster: Stainless steel
Handle: Black Pakkawood - resin impregnated hardwood
Description: Like a chef's knife, the santoku is a multipurpose knife used for just about every cutting job in the kitchen. The name means “three virtues.” Depending on who you ask, this refers either to the three types of foods it works especially well with — vegetables, proteins, and fruit, or for the three types of cuts at which it excels: slicing, dicing, and chopping. Slightly shorter than the standard chef's knife, a santoku is very easy to maneuver—even in a smaller kitchen. There's plenty belly curve to enable rocking cuts, which enhances the knife's versatility. Whether slicing, chopping, mincing, or dicing, this comfortable knife will do it all.
Kasumi knives are forged in Seki Japan, an area with over 800 years of smithing history. The blade is formed by forging folded layers of soft stainless steel (called a Jigane) around a central core formed from VG10 stainless steel. The central core is tempered to 59 - 60 Rc, ensuring an exceptionally keen, long-lasting edge.
The blade is forged quite thin so as to have little or no resistance when cutting through food. Following in the best tradition of knife making, a steel ferrule is forge-welded to the tang to ensure that food particles cannot become lodged between the tang and the handle. The handle is formed from black resin impregnated hardwood (Paakawood).
Kasumi knives hold up exceptionally well in both a home or professional kitchen environment.


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