190 mm Chopper Kitchen Knife - Pakka Damascus Collection - KOTAI

Damascus Chopper Knife, 19 cm blade. Perfectly balanced, the chopper is the ideal knife for cutting meat without tiring your wrist, even with bones. It is also very useful for slicing herbs or cutting vegetables and then picking them up easily thanks to its large blade surface. The wide blade of the Chinese chopper (chukabocko) is ideal for cutting large pieces of meat, preparing ribs or quickly chopping hard vegetables. The flat surface of the blade is also an excellent tool for crushing garlic, nuts or ginger. Additionally, its wide blade allows it to safely pick up your cut and sliced ingredients and transfer them to a container or pan. The blade is forged with AUS-10 steel, a premium steel that combines high carbon content for hardness and edge longevity with the optimal amount of chromium to prevent oxidation. The hidden full tang – a single piece of steel running from the tip of the blade to the end of the handle – gives the cleaver ideal balance and exceptional durability. Japanese precision, Western robustness. ­ The best of both worlds. *100% handmade * Ultra-sharp Japanese AUS-10 high-carbon stainless steel * Full tang * Black pakkawood handle * HRC hardness: 61 +/- 1 * Weight: 339g * Perfectly balanced * Bamboo saya (sheath) included with each knife * Lifetime warranty Damascus steel (or simply Damascus steel) is composed of a layer of very hard steel—here AUS-10—for the edge, surrounded by 66 successive layers of less hard steel to protect the inner layer. This type of blade combines the advantages of a very high carbon steel - the AUS-10 layer at the heart of the blade reaches a hardness of HRC 61 - with the advantages of “softer” steels, such as resistance to shocks and corrosion. The blade, forged from 67 layers of steel, has exceptional cutting performance, while benefiting from increased durability and chipping resistance. In addition to these mechanical properties, Damascus steel is valued because no two Damascus blades will have exactly the same patterns; each knife is unique.