Left handed cooks know the problem well: most serrated bread knives are ground on the right side only, so in the left hand the blade drifts sideways and leaves a slanted, wedge shaped slice. The Suncraft Seseragi Bread Knife in its left handed version puts the bevel on the left side of the blade, so the cut tracks straight down through the loaf when you hold it in your left hand. Everything else matches the right handed Seseragi, including the three zone edge that made it a hit in Japan.
That edge is what sets Seseragi apart from a typical bread knife. A straight, unserrated section at the tip starts a clean cut at the edge of a loaf, wide serrations through the middle grip hard crusts on sourdough and baguettes without slipping, and finer serrations toward the heel slice soft sandwich bread, milk bread, and cake without crushing them. You get clean slices with very few crumbs and little downward pressure. Suncraft makes it in Seki City, Japan, from AUS8 stainless steel, a molybdenum vanadium stainless hardened to 58 to 59 HRC that resists rust and holds its edge well. The 220 mm (8.75 in) blade weighs just 115 g with a thin 1.8 mm spine, and the Western style pakkawood handle has stainless rivets and a stainless bolster.
Care Instructions: Hand wash with a soft sponge and dry right away; do not put it in the dishwasher. Use a wood, plastic, or rubber cutting board, and avoid cutting frozen or very hard foods, which can chip the serrations. The serrations hold their bite for a long time; when the knife does dull, have it sharpened by a service experienced with serrated edges.
That edge is what sets Seseragi apart from a typical bread knife. A straight, unserrated section at the tip starts a clean cut at the edge of a loaf, wide serrations through the middle grip hard crusts on sourdough and baguettes without slipping, and finer serrations toward the heel slice soft sandwich bread, milk bread, and cake without crushing them. You get clean slices with very few crumbs and little downward pressure. Suncraft makes it in Seki City, Japan, from AUS8 stainless steel, a molybdenum vanadium stainless hardened to 58 to 59 HRC that resists rust and holds its edge well. The 220 mm (8.75 in) blade weighs just 115 g with a thin 1.8 mm spine, and the Western style pakkawood handle has stainless rivets and a stainless bolster.
Care Instructions: Hand wash with a soft sponge and dry right away; do not put it in the dishwasher. Use a wood, plastic, or rubber cutting board, and avoid cutting frozen or very hard foods, which can chip the serrations. The serrations hold their bite for a long time; when the knife does dull, have it sharpened by a service experienced with serrated edges.
- Brand: Suncraft
- Series: Seseragi
- Model: MS-003
- Location: Seki City, Japan
- Steel: AUS8 Stainless (Molybdenum Vanadium)
- HRC: 58-59
- Edge: Three Zone Serrated, Single Bevel (Left Side)
- Hand Orientation: Left Handed
- Handle: Western Style Pakkawood, Stainless Rivets
- Bolster: Stainless Steel
- Weight: 4.1 oz (115 g)
- Blade Length: 220 mm (8.75 in)
- Total Length: 350 mm
- Spine Thickness at Heel: 1.8 mm
- Blade Height: 30 mm
