Santoku Knife, Ginsan Stainless Steel, mirror polished finish, Choyo range - Sakai Kikumori

SHAPE: Santoku. Named after the three best things to do with this knife - slicing, dicing and mincing. It is the classic veg prep knife with both good breadth and width.

STEEL: Ginsanko or Silver 3 as it is commonly known is a fantastic high carbon stainless steel that performs incredibly well, a huge plus point is that it is pretty easy to sharpen. It only has 13% Chromium in it which is what makes stainless, well stainless. This is the minimum amount a knife can have in it to be classed as stainless. So if you leave acid items on the knife don't be surprised to come back and find tarnish marks. This is the price for ease of sharpening.

FINISH: Mirror polished.

HANDLE: Octagonal Magnolia wood handle with black buffalo horn ferule

BLADE LENGTH: 180mm.

MAKER: Sakai Kikumori

RANGE: Choyo