Tawa 210 mm Chef's knife VG-10

21 cm multi-layered Damascus chef's knife with VG-10 core from Tawa in Osaka

One of our good partners in Japan, Tower Knives in Osaka, manufactures this series of knives, where the blade is forged beautifully in several layers of stainless steel around a hard core of the well-known VG-10.

What makes these knives very special, however, is not the appearance, but the fact that they are slightly higher than what similar knives would typically be, at the same time as they are extremely thin. The Tawa knives are also sharpened all the way from the back down towards the egg at a very fine angle, which is why they cut impressively well.

The chef's knife here has a blade of 21 cm and is a relatively light knife. It is stainless, but should be used with care as it is so relatively thin.