Beautiful hammered Damascus cladding with a mirror polish over the top makes this 180mm gyuto a genuine knockout. The blade is forged from AUS-10, a steel still relatively uncommon in kitchen cutlery, made by Aichi Steel in Tokai, Japan - part of a family that includes AUS-4, AUS-6, and AUS-8, with chromium content staying high while carbon decreases as the numbers go down.
AUS-10 runs a high carbon content of 1.05 percent, similar to G3, and nickel, manganese, and silicon are added to improve ductility and elasticity, properly heat treated for a steel that sharpens easily. Vanadium, chromium, and molybdenum round out the alloy for elevated corrosion resistance. What sets this line apart is the distal taper - these are virtual lasers, thin and genuinely lightweight in hand. The fine blade is matched to a well-made solid oak handle, with fit and finish well above what the price would suggest.
What Customers Are Saying: One reviewer calls this by far the most beautiful knife he has ever seen, and reports it is sharp enough to cut a brick.
Care Instructions: AUS-10 is a stainless steel - low maintenance and resistant to corrosion. Hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher, bones, and frozen foods. Sharpen on quality water stones as needed.
AUS-10 runs a high carbon content of 1.05 percent, similar to G3, and nickel, manganese, and silicon are added to improve ductility and elasticity, properly heat treated for a steel that sharpens easily. Vanadium, chromium, and molybdenum round out the alloy for elevated corrosion resistance. What sets this line apart is the distal taper - these are virtual lasers, thin and genuinely lightweight in hand. The fine blade is matched to a well-made solid oak handle, with fit and finish well above what the price would suggest.
What Customers Are Saying: One reviewer calls this by far the most beautiful knife he has ever seen, and reports it is sharp enough to cut a brick.
Care Instructions: AUS-10 is a stainless steel - low maintenance and resistant to corrosion. Hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher, bones, and frozen foods. Sharpen on quality water stones as needed.
- Maker: Tsunehisa
- Location: Tosa, Japan
- Construction: Hammer Forged, San Mai
- Edge Steel: AUS10
- Cladding: Stainless
- Finish: Hammered, Damascus, Mirror Polish
- Handle: Oak Octagonal
- Edge Grind: Even
- Weight: 4.4 oz (124 g)
- Blade Length: 186 mm
- Total Length: 325 mm
- Spine Thickness at Base: 2 mm
- Blade Height: 43 mm
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