The Shun Classic Granton Santoku is a traditional Japanese styled, all purpose knife. The straight blade makes this knife perfect for chopping. The granton (or scalloped) blade eases cutting and helps separate food from the blade.

A santoku is a Japanese all-purpose kitchen knife. Like a chefs knife, the santoku is used for just about every cutting job in the kitchen. The name means €œthree virtues.€ Depending on who you ask, the name refers either to the three types of foods it works well with€”vegetables, proteins, and fruit€”or for the three types of cuts at which it excels€”slicing, dicing, and chopping. Hollow-ground indentations on the blade help reduce friction so the blade glides through the food more easily.

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Cutting Edge: Hand-sharpened 16° double-bevel blade Steel: Proprietary VG-MAX cutting core, 34 layers each side (69 total including core) stainless steel Damascus cladding Hardness: 60 HRC Blade Length: 18cm Handle: D-shaped ebony PakkaWood Origin: Handcrafted in Japan