MASAHIRO Santoku 175mm MBS-26 Stainless steel blade knife
Masahiro is established Seki, Japan in 1932, and it is one of the large size high quality knife makers in Japan since then.
Masahiro is very popular brand more likely among western style cuisine knives and butchers’ knives
MBS-26 stainless steel:
Carbon: 0.9%, Chromium: 14%, Moribudenium: 0.1%, Mangan: 0.3% Hardness: HRC58-59
Handle: metal bolster style with layered compressed wood
Quenching and Tempering: 1050 centi degree quenching, and Sub-Zero treatment, and Tempering 200 centi degree for 60 min.
Blade Length; 7 inch (175mm) from the tip to the heel
Handle Length; 4 7/16 inch (114mm)
Total Length; 11 3/4 inch (298mm)
Knife weight: 6oz.
The heel part of the spine width is 2.5mm (little thicker than 1/16 inch) wide.
The width from the heel to the spine: 45mm (1 7/8 inch) HANDLE;
BLADE; Mono steel MBS-26 stainless steel