Hard cheeses require a different approach than soft ones. Where a soft cheese knife is thin and narrow to minimize drag, a hard cheese knife needs a short, stiff blade with enough geometry to press cleanly through aged Parmigiano, manchego, Gruyere, or extra-sharp cheddar without crumbling the block. The Shizu Morinoki Hard Cheese Knife is built for exactly this task - a compact 50mm blade at 40mm of height at its fullest point, giving it the stiff, wedge-like profile that splits hard cheese cleanly along the cut line.
DSR-1K6 Japanese stainless steel at 58-59 HRC with a keyaki wood handle. At 44g it is light and easy to handle on a cheese board. The short blade means maximum control over the cut, which is what hard cheese work actually demands. A natural companion to the Morinoki Soft Cheese Knife for a matched set that handles the full range of cheese textures.
DSR-1K6 Japanese stainless steel at 58-59 HRC with a keyaki wood handle. At 44g it is light and easy to handle on a cheese board. The short blade means maximum control over the cut, which is what hard cheese work actually demands. A natural companion to the Morinoki Soft Cheese Knife for a matched set that handles the full range of cheese textures.
- Maker: Shizu Hamono
- Line: Morinoki
- Location: Sanjo City, Japan
- Construction: Roll Forged, Mono Steel
- Steel: DSR-1K6 Stainless
- HRC: 58-59
- Handle: Keyaki Wood
- Weight: 1.5 oz (44g)
- Blade Length: 50mm
- Total Length: 171mm
- Spine Thickness: 1.5mm
- Blade Height at Fullest: 40mm
