senzo twisted octagon - sashimi knife 210 mm

Description

Dimensions: total length 345mm. Blade length 210mm. Weight 155 g. Material: VG-10 Damascus steel, HRC 60, white Pakkawood handle with red ring. Inspired by the traditional Japanese octagonal handle shape, this series has a slightly twisted octagonal shape for a more comfortable and firm grip. 33 layers of Damascus steel appear beautifully on the blade. Blade: VG-10 Damascus steel. Handle: white pakkawood with red resin ring. 33 layers of Damascus stainless steel. The so-called Damascus steel is multi-layered stainless steel. The 25% of components in the center of the layers are called a steel core. The Damascus steel used for this SENZO twisted octagon has VG-10 stainless steel as the base steel produced only in Japan. The other 75% of the components are two layers of different hardness steel. The two sides of the steel core are compressed with alternately soft steel and hard steel. This makes the blade similar to wave patterns with special procedures. VG-10 stainless steel for the core. VG-10 Damascus steel has been widely recognized in the world as the best steel for kitchen knife and many chefs appreciate its performance, longer sharpness and its beautiful design. VG-10 is relatively harder material, HRC (a steel hardness scale) is about HRC60. This makes the steel sharpen longer due to its abrasion resistance. Pakkawood is layers of thin wood compressed together with resin. Due to these components, the material is more durable than natural wood.