Shape | Santoku |
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Blade Length | 165 mm |
Blade Height | 48 mm |
Blade Thickness Above Heel | 3 mm |
Weight | 214 g |
Steel Type | Aogami Super (Blue Carbon Steel) with Stainless Steel Cladding |
Rockwell Hardness | 63-64 |
Edge/Bevel | Double (50/50) |
Handle | Western Handle - Ironwood with welded bolster |
Blacksmith | Takeshi Saji |
Knife Line | Masakage Zero |
Made in | Echizen, Fukui, Japan |
Brand | Masakage |
About the Shape - Santoku means 'Three Virtues' or 'To solve Three Problems'. The three virtues are meat, fish and vegetables, or slicing, dicing and mincing depending on your interpretation. This means that the Santoku is an all-around knife, suitable for the amateur home cook and the professional chef alike. The heigh means good clearance for big hands, while the relatively short blade can be wielded by anyone.
About Masakage Zero - The Masakage Zero line is top-notch, a high-performance knife combining unbelievable sharpness and pure hotness. These blades make people stop in their tracks to catch a second look, with a handle of Ironwood (one of the world's hardest woods), pinned with a mosaic in the shape of a chrysanthemum — the Zero plays second fiddle to no knife.
Aogami Super is the king of knife steel - super easy to sharpen, gets a laser beam edge, cuts like silk and is very rugged for its hardness - It’s called SUPER for a reason. The outer layer is stainless steel, making this knife very easy to maintain.