Santoku knife with traditional Japanese handle.
Steel: White 2 (shirogami 2), Handle: magnolia wood and horn.
 
It's the multifunction knife daily. Slightly wider than the chef's knife over its entire length, this santoku has an 18cm blade.
 
An exceptional cutting edge, a thin and light blade. 
The blade of this knife iscarbon steel forged(shirogami 2 or white steel 2 type), it is a very pure steel, with a low chromium content. Its hardness exceeds 60HRC (between 61 and 64). It is forged and sharpened by the craftsmen of traditional Japanese knives, with the same ancestral methods. It therefore has the ability to holda very sharp and durable thread.
The blade is very fine in its entirety, this is what gives it its exceptional sharpness and remains light in hand.
The handle is made of magnolia wood, soft and light, it is the traditional wood for kitchen knife handles. It's naturally antiseptic and water resistant. 
The bolster at the top of the handle is in horn.  Black in most cases, it can be ocher, marbled or all white more rarely. 
 
This knife was forged, sharpened and assembled in the tradition of clean Japanese cutlery in Sakaï (Osaka prefecture),  the cradle of Japanese knives.
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