For cooks who prefer a traditional Japanese grip, this 180mm santoku offers a wa-handled alternative to the Western-handled PS60 santoku also sold at CKTG, built around the same steel that Hitachi developed for the razor industry and that shares much of its chemistry with AEB-L.
Kanehide hardens this PS60 steel to about 60 to 61 HRC through special heat treating, followed by a cryogenic treatment in liquid nitrogen at -180° Celsius that boosts hardness and wear resistance beyond what heat treating alone could achieve. The result is a fully stainless, mono steel santoku that sharpens easily and cuts cleanly, finished with an octagonal oak handle in a burnt urushi finish with an attractive darkened end.
Care Instructions: PS60 is a fully stainless steel - hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher. Sharpen on quality water stones; the steel responds easily and sharpens more like carbon than most stainless options. Strop regularly between sharpenings. Avoid bones, frozen foods, and hard surfaces that could chip the edge at this hardness level.
Kanehide hardens this PS60 steel to about 60 to 61 HRC through special heat treating, followed by a cryogenic treatment in liquid nitrogen at -180° Celsius that boosts hardness and wear resistance beyond what heat treating alone could achieve. The result is a fully stainless, mono steel santoku that sharpens easily and cuts cleanly, finished with an octagonal oak handle in a burnt urushi finish with an attractive darkened end.
Care Instructions: PS60 is a fully stainless steel - hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher. Sharpen on quality water stones; the steel responds easily and sharpens more like carbon than most stainless options. Strop regularly between sharpenings. Avoid bones, frozen foods, and hard surfaces that could chip the edge at this hardness level.
- Brand: Kanehide
- Location: Seki City, Japan
- Construction: Laser Cut, Mono Steel
- Steel: PS60 Stainless
- HRC: 60-61
- Bevel: Double Bevel
- Edge Grind: 50/50
- Handle: Octagonal Oak with Burnt Urushi Finish
- Weight: 4.7 oz (134 g)
- Blade Length: 183 mm
- Total Length: 329 mm
- Spine Thickness at Heel: 2 mm
- Blade Height: 47 mm
