KASUMI Masterpiece - MP04 Santoku Knife 18 cm

KASUMI Masterpiece MP07  Santoku Knife 18 cm - The Japanese classic: designed for cutting and slicing vegetables

• blade length: 18 cm / 7,1"
• Blade:  VG10 Steel - Damascus 59-60 HRC
• Cut: Japanese V-Cut
• Handle: Linen-hard resin - special durability and excellent dimensional stability
• Made in Japan
• Lifetime Warranty

KASUMI MASTERPIECE

• Kasumi Masterpiece are a special, limited version of the Kasumi knife. They are the result of consistent further development, improvement, and decades of experience in the company Sumikama the blade forging. Kasumi Masterpiece knives are the best that ever.
• The Japanese character is the character of Kasumi Masterpiece knife. In its actual translation it means something like "masterful handiwork" (Takumi). Kasumi Masterpiece knives get your exceptional properties by the invaluable experience of the best masters and their hand, in connection with the use of modern technology - in the tradition of Japanese sword forging.
• The middle layer of the Kasumi Masterpiece blade is made of the best Japanese "VG10 Steel, which was developed exclusively for production of very high quality kitchen knives. After forging, the blades are again heated to about 800 ° C, then quickly cooled down and so hardened to about 59-60 ° C. Rockwell. The hardness of 59-60 HRC is not only in Japan for optimum hardness as kitchen knives. It allows for a very long service life of the cutting edge (sharpness), but also an equally easy re-sharpening the SUMIKAMA grindstone.
• The perfect, hot-flashing edge is the product of many grinding operations on rotating special water grinding stones. Only the best from Seki grinder grind each blade of Kasumi Masterpiece at various work steps by hand. Your final sharpness get the knife through the final grinding process with a fine 3000 Kasumi water stone.
• The Kasumi Masterpiece damask pattern on both sides of the blade, formed by repeated folding and forging of high-grade steel in several layers. The professional handle the Kasumi Masterpiece knives is made of a hard resin thermoset linen. By pressure and heat of this resin is replaced by his special life and so its good shape. The knife is very comfortable and secure in the hand.
• The beauty of the blade, along with the glossy finish handle - this knife is so unique. Kasumi Masterpiece are beautiful and extremely sharp, they are perfect for any type of preparation of fine cuisine.
• Kasumi knives are produced by Sumikama Cutlery in Seki, Japan. Sumikama Cutlery specializes in producing knives from very advanced materials with the most advanced manufacturing techniques.

Kasumi - Steel lives

Hand finished in Sakai - bearing the seal of the SAKAI Association.
According to old tradition, the elaborate production of CHROMA HAIKU Pro Cnives takes place in the four small, specialized workshops of Mr. Hirotsugu.

In order to make traditional SAKAI Cnives like the HAIKU Pro, Master Ebuchi Kouhei works with two types of steel: one extremely hrd. hight-carbon "Hagane" steel comprises the blade's cutting edge, while a softer steel lends support to the sharp steel blade.

The two types of steel are forged and combined together. The name "HAIKU" is hammered by hand into the blade. Thereafter, the blade receives the HAIKU Falcon. With correct care, these works of art can be passed on to subsequent generations. This cnife is not made of stainless steel and requires particular care!