Handcrafted Japanese petty knife made of VG10 stainless steel with Damascus pattern and walnut wood handle
VG10 Sazanami Damascus Wa-Petty Walnut Handle
VG10 Sazanami Damascus Wa-Petty Walnut Handle
VG10 Sazanami Damascus Wa-Petty Walnut Handle
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VG10 Sazanami Damascus Wa-Petty Walnut Handle

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Petty Knife - Sazanami Series with Walnut Handle

Sazanami means "ripple" in Japanese. The Sazanami name comes from the series' wonderful, wave-like Damascus pattern near the edge of the core blade.

This is a series of stainless clad knives. The core blade is made of VG10 stainless steel, which is then sandwiched between other stainless steels. Cladding makes the knife stronger and allows for patterns on the blade's exterior without compromising the blade's quality. The Sazanami series have Damascus patterns and a Tsuchime (hammered) finish to emphasise the blade's beauty.

Product number Actual Blade Length (mm) Full Length (mm) Total Weight (g)
1sznwp 150 290 75
Blade Material Name Handle
Double Edgedd

Double Edged

VG-10 Walnut Handle

Wa-Petty

Wa-Petty knives are like petty knives, bar their Japanese-style handle. This makes the knife lighter and changes the balance, giving you better control. A Wa-Petty is great for chefs who like the petty's flexibility but prefer a Japanese handle. They are perfect for detailed food preparation, like peeling, slicing, and decorative work.

VG-10

Adding cobalt to VG-1 stainless steel's composition increases its wear resistance and tenacity. The resulting VG-10 stainless steel is also easy to process, making it easy to create well-balanced kitchen knives.

Stainless Steel

VG-10 is one of the most popular stainless steels used in kitchen knives today and is made from carefully selected and high-purity raw materials with good machinability. VG-10 is both hard and tough, while staying easy to resharpen.This combination of factors gives the highly efficient VG-10 a strong advantage over other steels in its field.

Walnut Handle

Walnut is a durable wood, commonly used in high-end furniture. It's easy to process and fits the hand naturally.

Clad

Clad knives are made from a steel plate that has a core steel sandwiched between soft iron. It is then shaped, hardened, and polished. This method is often used for knives focused on cost performance, as they are easier to remove distortions form and process.

Damascus

Damascus is a knifemaking technique. It involves layering two types of steel with different hardness levels together to create a unique pattern. The knife is polished after it's shaped, making the harder steel shiny while leaving the softer steel dull, creating a ripple effect that resembles wood grain on the blade's surface. The ripples resemble the ripples of Wootz steel made in ancient Damascus, so the pattern is referred to as Damascus today. This beautiful pattern has garnered a high reputation and is popular in the kitchen knife community.

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Sakai Ichimonji provides complimentary engraving using either Japanese Kanji or English Alphabet. Please specify your preference. For details, please visit here

A knife store that has supported the history of knives and food culture in Japan.

It has been 600 years since the birth of swordmaking in the Sakai region of Japan. Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide's and it's craftsmen continue to build on that legacy by producing the finest blades in Japan.
This is where the culture of completing a dish of sashimi by "just cutting" and the culture of expressing sharpness as "taste" was born.
For 70 years, we have been connecting the spirit of Sakai's craftsmen with the passion of chefs in Osaka's kitchen equipment shopping district, known as the kitchen of Japan.
We are very happy that our knives can be used by people all over the world.

Precautions

After use, wash off any dirt and wipe thoroughly with a dry cloth to remove any moisture. This product is not for use with frozen foods.This product is handmade, so each piece will be different. Please use the weight and length listed as a guide. Each material is natural and may vary in color. It is not the same as the picture.We take great care with our inventory, but in the unlikely event that we are out of stock, we will contact you by email to let you know.

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