Kyoto Katsugu - Santoku, 165 mm | V-Gold No. 1

This product has a blade thickness and size designed primarily for cutting vegetables and meat, so please do not use heavy objects such as fish bones, meat, or frozen foods that are close to being frozen, or use it to forcefully pry the blade apart. This can be very dangerous and may result in damage or injury.

Before use, please wash with dishwashing detergent.

Please avoid using sodium. The blade is made of stainless steel, so it is hardened. Please do not touch the blade with your hands or fingers.

Do not heat the plate over a fire, as it will lose its hardness and become unusable.

Please avoid impact loads. It may cause chipping or cracking. Please do not put it in dishwashers, dish dryers, microwave ovens, ovens, etc.

Please do not place near fire or leave in water for long periods of time.

Handel's manufacturing condition (Do not use with oil, detergent, etc.

Please make sure the cutting board and ingredients are stable when using.

About the steel 

• V-Gold No. 1 is the stainless steel that has changed the image of stainless steel as rustproof but not sharp.
  It is a special stainless steel that realizes the requirements of blades: *hardness * tenacity * resistance to wear * resistance to rust.
  
  The stainless steel that has been further improved from [V-gold No. 1] is the popular [V-gold No. 10].
• The stainless steel that has been further improved from [V-gold No. 1] is the popular [V-gold No. 10].
  
• It is a special stainless steel that realizes the requirements of blades: *hardness * tenacity * resistance to wear * resistance to rust.- 
  
•  Vanadium and cobalt are added to increase hardness and wear resistance. 
• The more carbon contained, the harder and sharper the blade will be. V-Gold No. 10 contains so much carbon that it is called high-carbon stainless steel, and it has excellent sharpness.
  
• It contains 15% chromium, which makes it resistant to rust, and molybdenum, which improves hardness and impact resistance.
  
• The greatest feature of this material is that it keeps its sharpness very long because of its high hardness.

About the blade

• It has 17 layers of stainless steel with a sharp cutting edge [V-gold No. 10] sandwiched between layers of relatively soft stainless steel.
  
• The hard center [V-gold No. 10] is wrapped with soft stainless steel, which makes it hard to bend and break like a Japanese sword.In addition, by applying pressure during the wrapping process, the structure becomes dense and sharpness* and long-lasting sharpness are improved.

About the handle

• In addition, the laminated tempered wood of the handle is water-resistant and can be used for a long time, while also producing the texture of the grain of the wood.