Yaxell Fluted Ran Santoku Knife – 16.5cm

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The meaning of the word Santoku clearly explains what it is best used for: the three virtues or three uses of chopping, dicing, and mincing. Santoku knives are particularly adept at creating very thin slices of foods, which improves the overall aesthetics of completed dishes. Wide at the heel, and stays wide almost to the rounded tip and is lighter, making it easier to use.The little dimples, puts a little pocket of air when your chopping, dicing or mincing meat, fish or vegetables, which helps release easier.

About Yaxell Ran:

A truly beautiful example of Japanese high-quality cutlery, the award-winning Yaxell Ran (the excellent in Japanese) knives were launched in 2006 and soon made a name for themselves on a global scale. Their design is classic and modern at the same time and features a fascinating 69-layered Damascus-steel pattern blade with an extremely sharp cutting angle. These knives are in use by hotels and restaurants, and top chefs all over the world. Yaxell knives are becoming more and more popular among sophisticated home chefs. Handcrafted in Seki City, Japan.

A little about the blade:
The core material VG10 super steel is composed of cobalt, molybdenum, Vanadium and Carbon. VG10 stainless steel is clad with 34 layers of soft and hard high carbon steel on each side. Yaxells special heat treatment gives the blades the outstanding hardness rating of HRC61 on the Rockwell scale, ensuring long lasting cutting performance.

A little about the handle:
The handle is made out of black Canvas-Micarta, which is a durable material made of resin and linen and formed under high temperature and pressure. The end of the handle is made out of stainless steel, which gives the knife outstanding stability. Two stainless steel rivets fasten the handle tightly. The handle is very comfortable to hold.

About Yaxell:

Founded in 1932, Yaxell today remains a family-run knife maker in Seki, an iconic city in the history of Japanese knife-making.

Every knife is hand-made – from the forging of the blade to the carving of the logos. Yaxell blades have won numerous awards all over the globe and are used and acclaimed by world class chefs. Exclusive to , we are the Yaxell experts.

During production, Yaxell knives go through a very stringent process in which the blade is heated in a kiln at extreme temperatures, then ice hardened before its placed in high heat a second time to ensure the blade is durable, strong, and guaranteed to offer top long-lasting performance. This type of special production process also makes the knifes blade corrosion-resistant.

We recommend hand washing your Yaxell Knives. To maintain the condition of your knife, regular sharpening with a Yaxell sharpener is recommended.