San Mai Santoku 56x205 mm high carbon Steel

Here's a classic high carbon steel santoku knife. The santoku is a traditional and versatile japanese kitchen knife. "Santoku" roughly translates to "three uses" in japanese, meaning it works well for both meat, vegetable and fish.

This knife has a san mai construction wich means that the blade is laminated from three pieces of steel. The core steel on this one is a Swedish high carbon steel called 26c3. This steel was originally developed to make razors and therefore makes for a hard and extremily sharp edge. The core steel is surrounded by two pieces of soft wrought iron cladding. The wrought iron comes from an old wagon wheel that I've re-forged. The bright line you see is a piece of nickel that is laminated between the core and the cladding. 

The handle has an octagonal shape and is made masur birch and ebony.

Size: 56x205 mm

Thickness into handle: 3.3 mm

Thickness at middle: 2.0 mm

Thickness 20 mm from tip: 1.4 mm

Balance point: Middle of maker’s mark

Bevel grind: Slight Convex

Weight: 178 grams