Yamawaki Santoku 180mm - AUS-8

Extreme 'value-for-money' in these stainless laser-style knives from Yamawaki

From Yamawaki Hamono comes this wonderful santoku. The blade is made of stainless AUS-8 steel, and is ground incredibly thin. This gives the knife a fantastic cutting edge.

Yamawaki Hamono is from Sakai, a town known for its long tradition of knife forging. There is no doubt that Yamawaki's knives are an eminent tool for any kitchen.

The profile of the knife is like a classic santoku. It is more oriented towards the vegetables than a chef's knife, partly due to the slightly shorter blade. In addition, it curves downwards at the tip, which gives a lot of 'cutting power', for example items such as onions. So here you get a knife that can do a little bit of everything in the green kitchen.

This knife is forged from 1 piece of steel - also called mono-steel. The steel is called AUS-8 and is stainless, which means that maintenance is not nearly as important. We recommend always maintaining your knife with a ceramic ironing steel and, of course, making sure that it does not end up in the dishwasher.

We also know AUS-8 from MAC's knives and it is known for taking a fine sharpness and being relatively persistent. The steel is not nearly as hard as in many other Japanese knives, but because the blade is thin, the sharpness remains.

Unlike their other knives, they have thrown a western-style handle on these. That is, as we know it from here at home. It helps quite a bit with comfort and you almost already know the knife as soon as you get it in your hand.

As with all our kitchen knives, we strongly advise against cutting any kind of bones and frozen goods. If you are in doubt as to whether an object is too hard for the knife, you should refrain from cutting it. This knife is particularly sensitive to "chipping" as it is very hard and thin.