Santoku Essential High-gloss polished Desert ironwood

The best kitchen knife of all time? The Schmiedeglut Santoku “Essential”

Guaranteed to be sharp, retain its edge and a real eye-catcher in any kitchen!

The Santoku knife is the ultimate all-rounder among kitchen knives and cuts fish, meat and vegetables almost effortlessly. The Essential Santoku is the next evolution of Japanese chef’s knives, offering you outstanding features and the quality you’ve come to expect from Schmiedeglut at an unbeatable price – sharper, thinner, lighter and more ergonomic than any other Santoku we’ve ever produced.

Stainless Damascus steel with a VG 10 cutting edge rated at 61 HRC Rockwell: The perfectly ergonomic handle – üninspired by our hand-forged Masterpiece knives – fits perfectly in any hand whilst you work. The combination of a thinly ground blade, perfect balance and a razor-sharp edge makes cooking a real experience.

Product details / Contents

• Blade steel: VG-10 Damascus steel
• Hardness: approx. 61 HRC
• Blade finish: high-gloss polished
• Blade length: approx. 19.4 cm
• Blade height: approx. 4.7 cm
• Spine thickness (tapering towards the tip): 2 mm
• Handle length (including tang): approx. 13 cm
• Handle: desert ironwood
• Sharpness category A
• Schmiedeglut certificate

100% satisfaction guarantee – try it risk-free!

Here at Schmiedeglut, we’re confident in the exceptional quality of our products – that’s why we’re offering you a 30-day trial period. You have a full 4 weeks to test our product thoroughly. If you’re not completely satisfied, simply send the used product back to us.

Care instructions

Wash the knife under running water with a drop of washing-up liquid. We then recommend applying a few drops of blade oil to the blade to protect the knife from developing a patina. It is not suitable for the dishwasher. For resharpening, we recommend one of our diamond-coated leather strops.

Please note that for the desert ironwood version, regular maintenance with a handle oil is recommended.

Quality speaks all languages

Our aim behind “Schmiedeglut Essential” is to draw on our many years of experience as knife smiths to produce the very best mass-produced knives in the world. We combine the highest-quality steels and materials with our expertise, our ideas and our design. To achieve the quality you’ve come to expect from Schmiedeglut at an affordable price, the individual stages of production are carried out under strict guidelines and controls by selected specialist firms around the world (e.g. development, material selection, design, sharpening and quality control in Germany / CNC milling, handle assembly in China / leather sheaths in Spain / etc.).