The petty is the knife that handles everything a chef knife cannot - in-hand peeling, segmenting citrus, trimming, detail work at the board where a longer blade would be unwieldy. A well-made petty in a premium line is also often the most personal knife in a collection: light, precise, and used constantly. The TOJIRO ATELIER CLASSIC brings the same hammer-forged craftsmanship that defines the series to this 150mm format, produced by Tomo Matsumura and his crew inside the TOJIRO factory in Sanjo City. This is not a production knife wearing an ATELIER label - it is hand-forged by a small team who know the difference.
The construction mirrors the rest of the ATELIER CLASSIC line: VG-10 stainless steel core in a San Mai hammer-forged build, clad in suminagashi (flowing water Damascus) cladding that produces the layered visual pattern across the blade road. At 2.6 oz and 31mm of blade height this is a genuinely light, narrow petty - the kind that disappears in the hand and lets you feel exactly what the tip is doing. HRC 61 gives it meaningful edge retention for a stainless knife, and VG-10 is well understood on water stones. The ebony octagonal handle with buffalo horn ferrule is a refined combination - notably different from the cedar handle on the gyuto, and worth seeing in the product photos before ordering.
Care Instructions: VG-10 stainless is low maintenance - hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher. The ebony handle is dense and durable but benefits from occasional conditioning with food-safe wood wax or oil. Sharpen on quality water stones and strop regularly between sharpenings. Avoid bones, frozen foods, and hard surfaces that could chip the edge at this hardness level.
The construction mirrors the rest of the ATELIER CLASSIC line: VG-10 stainless steel core in a San Mai hammer-forged build, clad in suminagashi (flowing water Damascus) cladding that produces the layered visual pattern across the blade road. At 2.6 oz and 31mm of blade height this is a genuinely light, narrow petty - the kind that disappears in the hand and lets you feel exactly what the tip is doing. HRC 61 gives it meaningful edge retention for a stainless knife, and VG-10 is well understood on water stones. The ebony octagonal handle with buffalo horn ferrule is a refined combination - notably different from the cedar handle on the gyuto, and worth seeing in the product photos before ordering.
- Brand: TOJIRO
- Line: ATELIER CLASSIC
- Blacksmith: Tomo Matsumura
- Location: Sanjo City, Japan
- Construction: San Mai, Hammer Forged
- Edge Steel: VG-10 Stainless
- Cladding: Suminagashi (Damascus)
- HRC: 61
- Edge Grind: 50/50
- Handle: Octagonal Ebony
- Ferrule: Buffalo Horn
- Weight: 2.6 oz (76 g)
- Blade Length: 152 mm
- Total Length: 278 mm
- Spine Thickness at Heel: 2 mm
- Blade Height: 31 mm
Care Instructions: VG-10 stainless is low maintenance - hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher. The ebony handle is dense and durable but benefits from occasional conditioning with food-safe wood wax or oil. Sharpen on quality water stones and strop regularly between sharpenings. Avoid bones, frozen foods, and hard surfaces that could chip the edge at this hardness level.
