三徳包丁 Santoku means that it is ideal to use it for any type of food without changing the knife.
This is a hand-crafted high quality Japanese kitchen knife with a beautiful design called ‘槌目 Tsuchime’ which means ‘hammered’.
This knife is also ‘Damascus steel’, which have luxurious and beautiful design and there is no exact same striped pattern, making it a very unique kitchen knife.
The 185mm blade is made of stainless steel and the core material is VG10 stainless steel which contains a lot of carbon and cobalt, therefore it is hard, good sharpness, and long-lasting, which does NOT rust like carbon steel.
Perfect for those who want a sharp and cool knife.
The brand is ‘源久秀 Minamoto no Hisahide’ and it is engraved in the knife.
What we like about this knife
– Unique blade – no exact same pattern in the world– Beautiful hammered design
– Great sharpness using the best VG10 stainless steel
Japanese Handmade Kitchen Knife Santoku | Hammered VG10 Damascus
Size 310mm full length, 175g
185mm blade
Material Stainless Steel (3 layersx2)
Surface: Tsuchime Stainless Steel (8 layers)
Core material: VG10 (stainless steel)
Handle: Brown Compressed Plywood