What Is a Santoku Knife?

A Santoku is a Japanese knife with fluted indentations on the side of the blade that keep ingredients from getting stuck to the blade.

How Do You Care for Our Santoku Knife?

Like all of our kitchen knives, the Santoku is not dishwasher safe and should be washed by hand. Maintain a sharp edge by honing regularly and sharpening with a whetstone or other knife sharpener a few times a year.

How Is a Santoku Knife Different From a Chef Knife?

While both are made from high carbon steel, Chef Knives are 8-inch western-style curved blades and the 7-inch Santoku Knife is slightly smaller Japanese knife with a straight blade like a cleaver or Nakiri Knife.

Santoku Knife V1

$60$119

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Color Harbour Blue

A French take on the Japanese-style blade engineered for the three virtues of slicing, dicing, and mincing.

Made in France
X50CrMoV15 NITRO+ metal
Rockwell Hardness of 58+
Full Tang and Fully Forged
Lifetime Warranty

Crafted in the Knife capital of the world—Thiers, France—the Santoku is forged by a 5th generation bladesmith and hardened with nitrogen gas. Its design combines German blades’ utilitarianism with Japanese knives’ precision.

Instead of being cheaply welded together, all of our Knives are full tang and fully forged, meaning they are crafted from a single rod of stainless steel that extends from tip to handle—resulting in sharper, perfectly balanced blades.

With a rounded tip and a straighter blade profile, the Santoku lets you use the entire width of the blade to make quick, downward cuts. 28 individual flutes keep ingredients from sticking to your blade, so you can prep meat, vegetables, or fish with maximum precision. Discover why the versatile Santoku is essential in both restaurants and home kitchens.

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