Seki Kanetsugu Pro-M Santoku 170mm

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 the unique shape and smaller easy to handle size.

About Seki Kanetsugu Pro-M – Seki Kanetsugu is a knife maker in Seki, who has been making blades for over 170 years, starting with Samurai swords and then transitioning to kitchen knives as they became more in demand. The knives they make are durable and razor-sharp in part to their special “HAMAGURI” (clam shape) blade.

The Pro-M line is a dark horse in our lineup, these blades are thin, affordable and have a fantastic out of the box sharpness, that is also easy to maintain perfect for the professional kitchen environment.