TESSHU Wa Gyuto 9-1/2" (245mm) - AUS-10 Stainless Steel Chef Knife
[Description]
The Wa Gyuto is the Japanese version of the classic chef’s knife. Versatile, well-balanced, and ideal for both home cooks and professionals, it’s the knife you’ll find yourself reaching for every day.
- Use it for: Most cutting tasks in the kitchen
- Great for: Cutting meat, dicing vegetables, carving steak, chopping herbs, crushing garlic
- Perfect for: Anyone who cooks a lot of different foods
[Specification]
- Blade Length (from the tip to the heel); 9 1/2 inch (245mm)
- Handle Length; 5-1/2inch (140mm)
- Total Length; 15-5/8 inch (397mm)
- Knife weight; 6.0oz.(172g)
- The heel part of the spine width is 1/16" (1.5mm) wide.
- The width from the heel to the spine; 2-3/8” (58mm)
- HANDLE; Water Buffalo Ferrule and Octagonal shaped Ho (Japanese Magnolia) Wood handle
- HRC; 59
- Blade; AUS-10 Core Stainless steel/SUS-10 stainless Cladding blade (Sanmai style)
- AUS-10 Stainless steel (C; 0.95-1.10%, Cr.; 13.00-14.50%, Mo.; 0.10-0.30 V; 0.10-0.25, Ni.; 0.49, Si.; 1.0%, Mn; 0.50, P; 0.04, S; 0.03)
- Maker of the knife: Takeshi Aoki (Aframes Tokyo)