Santoku knife, VG10 stainless steel, damascus finish - Katayama Yuta

Katayama Yuta is a Takefu based blacksmith who trained with Takeshi Saji before setting up his own workshop a few years ago. He is renowned for his stunning, almost textured damascus patterns on stainless steel knives. Beautiful and practical.

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: VG10. A premium high carbon Japanese Stainless steel capable of impressive hardness.

FINISH: Damascus or Suminagashi. This type of finish is made by creating a Kitaeji; which is produced by repeatedly folding/stacking then compressing two different steels until they create a laminated pattern. This can then be manipulated in various ways to produce the maker’s desired pattern effect. This material is then clad around the core metal of the blade as an elaborate protective layer for the core steel - thus giving the knife a beautiful and striking appearance.

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LENGTH: 165mm in length.

MAKER: Katayama yuta - Takefu, Japan

BEST FOR: A stunning and low maintenance daily driver.

These knives are hand-forged so there may be slight variations in measurements and finishes.