TESSHU Petty Knife 5-1/2" (140mm) blue II steel / stainless cladding blade w/ Japanese Magnolia and Water Buffalo ferrule handle
[DESCRIPTION]
The Petty knife, also known as a Japanese paring knife or utility knife, is a small, versatile kitchen tool primarily used for precision tasks. It typically features a blade length ranging from 80mm to 180mm (approximately 3 to 6 inches), making it larger than a western paring knife but smaller than a chef's knife, such as the Gyuto.
Common Uses
- Food Preparation: Ideal for slicing fruits and vegetables, peeling skins, dicing ingredients for salads, and trimming meat
- Precision Cutting: Excellent for creating thin slices of garlic or herbs and portioning small cuts of meat or cheese
- Garnishing: Useful for detailed work in garnishing dishes due to its agility
[Specification]
- Blade Length (from the tip to the heel): 5-1/2" (140mm)
- Handle Length: 5" (125mm)
- Total Length: 11" (280mm)
- The spine width near by the heel is 1/16" (1.5mm) wide.
- The width from the heel to the spine: 1-1/4" (34mm)
- Knife weight: 2.8oz (78g)
- Blade material: core blue II steel and stainless cladding (Sanmai)
- Handle: octagonal-shaped Japanese Magnolia with Water Buffalo horn bolster
- Maker of the knife: Takeshi Aoki (Aframes Tokyo)