Shibamasa Santoku VG-5 170mm (6.7″)

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Shibamasa Santoku VG-5 170mm is a great price-performer. It has every characteristic a Japanese knife should have. Rvs steel, kasumi finish, multi-purpose blade shape and a fine sharpness that will make quick work of any chopping task you throw at it. With it’s very thin spine (around 1.4mm) this knife will slide through food with ease.

Overall, a knife with impressive specifications for the price and a perfect “gateway knife” to introduce you to the world of Japanese knives.

BLADE SHAPE:
The Japanese word Santoku roughly translates to “knife of three virtues” and may refer to the wide variety of ingredients that the knife can handle: meat, fish and vegetables, or to the tasks it can perform: slicing, chopping and dicing – the emphasis being on the number 3 (San).

STEEL:
VG-5 is a stainless staalsoort, similar to VG-10. Its high Chromium content (15%) makes it extremely corrosion resistant, while still ma