Sakai Kikumori Asagiri Kiritsuke Santoku 180mm

About Sakai Kikumori Asagiri – Forged by Yoshikazu Tanaka the Asagiri (Translates to “Morning Fog”) is a stainless clad series with a Shirogami No.2 core brought to us by Sakai Kikumori. The knives in this series also sport a steep k-tip and classic kasumi finish, and feel like the stainless clad sister series to the Tanaka made Shironiko Kasumi knives.

About the Shape – This is also a multi-purpose knife, but with a slight vegetable bias. Santoku means ‘Three Virtues’ or ‘To solve Three Problems. The virtues or problems are slicing, dicing and mincing. Santoku is usually found in 160mm – 190mm lengths. These are more and more popular in Western kitchens due to their unique shape and smaller easy to handle size.