Kazan Ginsan Migaki Santoku 170mm (6.7")
- Description
- Specifications
- Use & Care
Our newest addition to the Kazan collection are forged in Tosa, Japan out of stainless Ginsan (silver 3) steel. Ginsan is known for being a tough steel with excellent edge retention and easy maintenance. The blades are hand sharpened and fitted with octagonal oak handles. Kazan is made exclusively for Chubo.
Why we love it: these beautiful knives perform like a $300 knife but at a much friendlier price.
About this shape
Santoku, which means ‘three virtues’ in Japanese, is an all-purpose knife with a taller blade profile than a gyutou. Its three virtues are the knife’s ability to cut fish, meat and vegetables. Santoku have a flatter ‘belly’ than gyutou and can be used comfortably with an up and down chopping motion rather than a ‘rocking’ type cut.
| Handle material | Octagonal Oak Wa-handle |
| Blade length | 170 mm (6.7") |
| Thickness at spine | 2.3 mm |
| Thickness at tip | 0.8 mm |
| Hardness (Rockwell scale) | 61 |
| Edge / Bevel | Double (50/50) |
| Blade height heel to spine | 45mm |
- Handwash in warm water and towel dry
- Do not cut frozen foods
- Use a sharpening stone, not a honing steel, to re-sharpen your Japanese chef knives