$173.00
Availability: Normally ships within 1 to 2 days
The Masamoto VG Series Knife is a best-selling range of Western-style kitchen knives. It has blade made from Masamoto’s high carbon stainless steel "Hyper Molybdenum Vanadium stainless steel” (HRc. 58-59), which is corrosion-resistant and has very good sharpness and edge retention. Its thin blade geometry provides superb cutting performance and it is supplied fully sharpened, so the Masamoto knife can be used straight from the box.
This knife features full tang construction, stainless steel bolsters, and have fully contoured black-colored handle scales made from Duracon durable thermoplastic resin that is anti-bacterial.
The tall blade and rounded nose / tip of the Santoku make it a versatile knife that is well suited to cutting meat, fish, or vegetables; Hence it’s name, which literally means “Three-purpose”. The Santoku is often recommended as a multi-purpose kitchen knife.
Knife Model: Masamoto VG Series Santoku
Blade Material: Hyper Molybdenum Vanadium stainless steel
Rockwell Hardness (HRc): 58 to 59
Blade Grind and Edge Shape: Double Bevel Edge 70/30
Handle Material: Duracon Handle with Stainless Steel Bolster
Saya Included: No.
| Santoku 180mm (7") Cutting edge length: 180mm Total Length: 300mm Blade Thickness: 2mm Blade Width: 46mm Handle Length: 113mm Total Weight: 174g |
Masamoto’s craftsman is ready to make the left handed version with suitable edge geometry by hand whetstone re-sharpening process at the following additional cost.
Please allow 2 to 3 business days for shipping.
For your information, most of the Japanese Kitchen knives come originally with double bevel edge sharpened 70/30 (face side/back side) for Western style knives. This geometry came from Japanese Traditional knives with single bevel edge and Shinogi blade construction. This is one of the special features and reasons why Japanese knives have an excellent cutting performance.
However, this 70/30 edge geometry is designed for right hand use, so we have a service to modify it to 30/70 for left handed users with re-sharpening process by skilled craftsman.
We believe quality and performance of Japanese knives are best in the world and hope you enjoy the fine craftsmanship and spirits from your new knife. With proper cares, every Japanese knife can be your special cooking partner for a long time.
Important
This is the Stainless steel blade kitchen knife, which has good rust resistance for easy maintenance. However even stainless steel blade kitchen knife has rust situation if you leave it with wet condition.
United States United StatesExactly as advertisd, the Masamoto knife is awesome. But as good as the knife is, the service received from Japanese Chefs akmives was superb.
Australiaネギを切るにはもう少し切れ味があった方が良い not bad It is better to have a little more sharpness to cut the green onions
United StatesFirst off, the knife is perfect, it was a gift for my mother and she is beyond pleased. It is razor sharp and the fit and finish is flawless. Also, the best price I could find. More to the point, there was a hiccup with the delivery from DHL where they informed me it had been delivered when it had not. It was too late to call DHL that night, but I sent a heads up email to the seller, not expecting them to do anything, but wanting to let them know as early as possible in case there was a real problem. The next morning when I woke up I already had a reply from Koki saying they were looking into it on their end, and when I called DHL they were aware of the issue and had already opened a case. Long story short, the knife showed up the next day, no big deal, but I'm very confident that if there had been a real issue it would have been resolved promptly and fairly. This also happened the first day back from their Golden Week vacation so I'm sure they had a thousand emails to deal with. Overall both pleased and impressed.
United StatesThis is by far the one of the best knives i have ever owned. Sharp straight out of the box, and I’ve been using it heavily for the past 3 weeks without any noticeable dulling!
