Tawa 135 mm Utility VG-10

13.5 cm utility knife in multi-layered Damascus with a 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 beautifully forged 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, while also being extremely thin. The Tawa knives are sharpened all the way from the back down towards the edge at a very fine angle, which is why they cut impressively well.

The utility knife is mainly used for cutting tasks where a little more precision is required. It could be trimming meat or finer slicing of fruit and vegetables.