The Shun Kanso 7-inch Hollow Ground Santoku Knife is a versatile kitchen tool designed to handle a variety of cutting tasks, including chopping, dicing, and slicing. Here are some key features of the knife:

• Blade Construction: The blade is made from high-carbon stainless steel, providing excellent edge retention and resistance to rust and corrosion. The hollow ground design helps reduce friction and prevents food from sticking to the blade, ensuring smoother cuts.
• Ergonomic Handle: The handle is crafted from Tagayasan wood, which is known for its strength, durability, and rich, dark appearance. The handle's shape provides a comfortable and secure grip, enhancing control while cutting.
• Hollow Ground Blade: The blade features grooves along its sides that help to minimize food sticking, especially when slicing sticky or starchy items like potatoes or fish. This makes it ideal for those who want precision and ease of use in their slicing tasks.
• Santoku Design: As a Santoku knife, the Shun Kanso 7-inch is a multipurpose tool, excellent for both meat and vegetable prep. The design is slightly curved, offering a versatile rocking motion for chopping and slicing.
• Sharpness: Shun knives are known for their exceptional sharpness, and the Kanso Santoku is no exception. It has a 16-degree blade angle, providing a razor-sharp edge for precise cuts.
• Durability and Maintenance: The Shun Kanso 7-inch Santoku is built for long-lasting performance. Regular honing will keep the edge sharp, and occasional professional sharpening will maintain the blade's cutting efficiency.

The Shun Kanso 7-inch Hollow ground Santoku knife is a beautiful, Asian-inspired chef’s knife that is fast becoming a kitchen favorite; Shun Kanso provides premium Shun quality at an excellent price. Blade steel is Japanese aus10a—highly refined, high-carbon, vanadium stainless steel that takes, and holds, a razor-sharp edge; Heritage finish gives it a rustic look that improves with age. Full-tang construction provides strength, balance, and cutting control. 

Many cooks swear by their Santoku for easy food preparation and top performance. Whether grilling out, cutting meat, dicing food, chopping vegetables, or preparing a steak dinner or peeling fruit, this high-performance Santoku kitchen knife will cut down unnecessary prep time

Santoku kitchen knife makes the perfect gift for a host, hostess, chef, family, grandparent, homeowner, newlywed, aspiring chef, expert cook, parent or entertainer

Included Components: Santoku Knife

Product Specification: 

• Blade Length - 7 in. (178mm)
• Blade Steel - AUS10A
• Blade Steel Layers - 1 layer solid steel
• Blade Edge - Non-Serrated
• Handle Material - Tagayasan(Wenge)
• Item No- SWT0718

Features + Details

• Use: Slicing, Cheese, Charcuterie, BBQ, Vegetable, Fruit
• Blade Shape: Santoku Knife
• Country of Origin: Japan

• Manufactured by: KAI Industries co. Ltd. , 1110, Oyana City, Gifu, Pref 501-3992, Japan
• Imported, Packed & Marketed by: KAI Manufacturing India Pvt Ltd, 15th Floor, Vatika Tower B, Gold Course Road, Sector 54, Gurugram -122002, Haryana, India
• Phone- +91-9599411079, E-mail - online.sales@kai-group.co.in