Minato Kiritsuke Chef Knife

Long, low, and exact. A Kiritsuke fills the chef-slicer role: drawing cuts through fish and Sunday roasts, push cuts through everything upright. Forged and finished in Seki, Japan.

Features

• The low, level edge finishes every stroke square against the board.
• Its angled nose turns down into a fine working point for vertical cuts and julienne.
• Made for the long stroke: one draw takes a fillet or a roast face to a polish.
• The core steel is VG-10, heat-treated until the Rockwell tester reads 60 ±2, which keeps sharpening sessions rare.
• The 67 Damascus layers surface as a flowing grain that no two blades repeat.
• Call it 7 oz of working weight: present in the hand, never tiring.

Burl and resin split by a band of turquoise, an octagonal wa grip with a harbor-water glint.

Covered for life against manufacturing defects, with 30-day returns. Ships free from our US warehouse with fast delivery.

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Every order is packed with care and sent straight to your door, so your blade arrives ready for the kitchen.

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Every knife that leaves here, I want you to truly love. If yours isn't right for any reason, send it back within 30 days and I'll refund you. That has always been my promise.