Prestige Series™ Kiritsuke Damascus Chef's Knife: The chef's katana
Do you like Japanese precision?
So get ready to take your cooking to the next level with the Kiritsuke Damas Prestige ™ .
With its traditional shape that will particularly appeal to connoisseurs, and its perfect, satin blade finish, admirably revealing the layers of damask , it will impress your guests and proudly accompany you in all your preparations. Considered the Japanese version of the versatile chef's knife, the kiritsuke with its katana-shaped blade is a high-performance knife for cooks who like to surpass themselves.
This is the chef's knife you need in your kitchen if you want to experience the pleasure and unique experience of cooking with one of the favorite knives of many Japanese chefs.
Premium Blade: VG10 Steel and Damascus 67 Layers
The Kiritsuke Prestige chef's knife has a blade with a VG10 steel core (1% carbon) covered with 67 layers of damask. This high-end steel is much harder than the majority of Western knives. This constitution gives the knife excellent cutting properties and incomparable longevity. It retains its razor-sharp edge, cut after cut.
Traditional Octagonal Handle In Ebony Wood and Buffalo Horn
Carefully crafted to our highest standards, the traditional and ergonomic octagonal handle of the Kiritsuke Prestige is carefully polished to give you a mirror effect and a pleasant touch. Enjoy the luxury and feel the purity of real ebony wood in your hand.
Advantages of Kiritsuke Prestige™
- Made entirely by hand.
- As versatile as the Chef's knife, the Kiristuke Prestige™ allows quick and clean work.
- Premium quality blade worked entirely by hand down to the smallest detail in Japanese VG10 steel (which allows it to reach a hardness of 60-62 HRC), covered with 67 layers of Damascus with refined and delicate patterns.
- Hand-sharpened in the traditional way (convex sharpening), for a perfect edge and clean, precise cuts.
- Traditional octagonal handle with mirror effect in ebony and buffalo horn, for an exquisite finish and the most pleasant grip for right or left handed people.
- Elegant design and exceptional finishes, for a unique experience.
Your cooking experience will never be the same again.
The secrets of great chefs
The great Japanese chefs pay particular attention and respect to the kitchen knife and to those who use it .
For Japanese cooks, the kitchen knife (bocho) is the equivalent of the samurai sword.
So much so that once the cooks were called the "masters of the knife".
It is even said that a noble loved cooking so much that he spent 100 days training intensely to master the technique of slicing carp in order to become "master of the knife".
They say the knife is to the cook what the sword is to the samurai.
And that like the samurai with his sword, the cook is one with his knife.
It is therefore normal that any cook appreciates cooking with a good knife.
Like any samurai would only fight with a good katana.
This is why we wanted the Kiritsuke Prestige to be designed with the best materials .
Its saber-shaped blade is made of a VG10 steel core, a premium stainless steel with a high carbon content.
This steel is then covered with one of the best known and most renowned steels in the field of Japanese cutlery: Damascus steel .
Damascus steel is a meticulous composition of different steels made up of several grades of steel welded and forged in order to obtain intricate patterns.
In addition to the very pleasant aesthetic and singular aspect that this steel brings to the Kiritsuke blade, it also gives it a cutting power superior to classic steel knives.
This damascus blade then undergoes more and more advanced polishing steps in order to give it a much thinner and sharper blade profile.
All these polishing steps have also given it a smoother appearance and also serves to reveal the original and unique patterns of damask .
This is why we wanted the Kiritsuke Prestige to be designed with the best materials .
Its saber-shaped blade is made of a VG10 steel core, a premium stainless steel with a high carbon content.
This steel is then covered with one of the best known and most renowned steels in the field of Japanese cutlery: Damascus steel .
Damascus steel is a meticulous composition of different steels made up of several grades of steel welded and forged in order to obtain intricate patterns.
In addition to the very pleasant aesthetic and singular aspect that this steel brings to the Kiritsuke blade, it also gives it a cutting power superior to classic steel knives.
This damascus blade then undergoes more and more advanced polishing steps in order to give it a much thinner and sharper blade profile.
All these polishing steps have also given it a smoother appearance and also serves to reveal the original and unique patterns of damask .
The Kiritsuke is considered the master blade in Japan and only chefs are authorized to handle it.
It is a sublime knife between the traditional Japanese yanigaba (fish knife) and the usuba (vegetable knife). It has the shape and edge of a katana sword.
It is versatile and can be used for all the tasks you would use a classic chef's knife with.
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