This santoku brings the same SLD semi stainless tool steel core found across the rest of the Hatsukokoro SLD line to a compact, everyday profile built in Sakai, Japan, designed for vegetables, proteins, and general prep work in equal measure.
SLD delivers strong edge retention while staying easier to maintain than a fully reactive carbon steel, and here the core is wrapped in stainless Damascus cladding that improves food release and protects the edge while adding the flowing layered look the pattern is known for. The san mai construction carries a subtle convex grind and 50/50 edge, light and responsive in hand, and the octagonal ebony handle offers a secure, balanced grip through long sessions at the board.
Care Instructions: SLD is semi stainless and hard, which means it holds an edge well but can chip if it meets something it should not. Use wood or rubber cutting boards, avoid bones and frozen foods, and hand wash and dry the blade rather than letting it sit. Strop regularly between sharpenings to keep the edge in top shape.
SLD delivers strong edge retention while staying easier to maintain than a fully reactive carbon steel, and here the core is wrapped in stainless Damascus cladding that improves food release and protects the edge while adding the flowing layered look the pattern is known for. The san mai construction carries a subtle convex grind and 50/50 edge, light and responsive in hand, and the octagonal ebony handle offers a secure, balanced grip through long sessions at the board.
Care Instructions: SLD is semi stainless and hard, which means it holds an edge well but can chip if it meets something it should not. Use wood or rubber cutting boards, avoid bones and frozen foods, and hand wash and dry the blade rather than letting it sit. Strop regularly between sharpenings to keep the edge in top shape.
- Maker: Hatsukokoro
- Location: Sakai, Japan
- Edge Steel: SLD (Semi Stainless Tool Steel)
- Cladding: Stainless Damascus
- Construction: San Mai
- Edge Grind: Double Bevel, 50/50
- Handle: Octagonal Ebony
- Weight: 5.0 oz (142 g)
- Blade Length: 174 mm
- Total Length: 313 mm
- Spine Thickness at Base: 2 mm
- Blade Height: 46 mm
