The Shun Hiro collection features high-performance Eastern-style knives designed for speed, agility and balance, as well as striking beauty. A cutting core of ultra-premium SG-2 steel gives them a super-sharp, lasting edge, while hammered blades help keep food from sticking for fast, efficient use. Handcrafted in Japan, this santoku combines the benefits of a chef's knife and a cleaver, making it indispensable for chopping, slicing and dicing.

• Eastern-inspired design with extremely thin, lightweight blade for fast and agile performance.
• The blade's core of SG-2 powdered steel is clad on each side with Damascus steel composed of 32 alternating layers of nickel and stainless steel, for a total of 65 layers.
• SG-2 is an extremely fine-grained, dense and hard steel, which enables it to take and hold an exquisitely fine edge with long-lasting sharpness.
• The hammered pattern (tsuchime in Japanese) helps the blade pass easily through food without sticking.
• Contoured, ambidextrous handle is designed for ultimate comfort and control.
• Handle is dark charcoal-colored PakkaWood with crimson striations and an inlaid mosaic Samurai family crest.
• Mirror-polished nickel silver bolster and end cap.
• Made in Japan.