This top of the range Santoku knife is a stunning kitchen essential, that will not only add some style and beauty to your kitchen knife collection, but will also deliver you a chef’s quality knife to effortlessly slice and chop up a wide variety of meats, fish, and vegetables. The blade of the Santoku knife measures 17.5cm, and features a scalloped edge which enhances the cutting and slicing performance of the knife, and also allows for the foods to slide off the blade effortlessly, ensuring no foods are overly shredded when cut up. The blade of the knife has also been cooled by liquid nitrogen during the manufacturing process, which gives it a much stronger finish than a standard kitchen knife, and also allows it to stay sharper for longer. The knife registers a 52 hardness rating on the HRC scale, meaning that it is a top-quality knife for home cooks, but the steel is also soft enough to be easily sharpened as and when it needs to be. The stainless steel handle of the Santoku knife is smooth to touch, and extremely ergonomic, which in turn enhances the precision you can achieve, and the comfort you feel, when wielding the knife. The whole knife measures 31cm in length, and can easily be stored away in a kitchen knife drawer or knife block, or placed on a magnetic knife rack if you want to have it on show in your kitchen. In order to maximise the preservation of your Santoku knife we recommend that you never use it directly on a glass surface, and the knife needs to be washed by hand before your first use, then again by hand after every subsequent use that follows.