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Knife Sharpener & Santoku Kitchen Knife & Kitchen Knife Set
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Knife Sharpener & Santoku Kitchen Knife & Kitchen Knife Set

Part of the MAD SHARK range
$70.82
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The santoku is the headline: forged German EN1.4116, 8 inches long, 53 millimeters tall at the face, ground to 14 to 16 degrees per side on a full tang. A kitchen knife set rides along for the jobs it should not have to do. And the sharpener is the reason the group still cuts next spring, because an edge this fine is only worth having if you can restore it.

Spec plate

Santoku
8 in. forged EN1.4116, 53 mm blade height
Edge
14-16 degrees per side
Handle
Full tang, textured contoured grip
Sharpener angles
14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 degrees
Also included
Kitchen knife set

Anatomy of the tool

Pairing

A fine edge and the dial that restores it

The santoku leaves the factory at 14 to 16 degrees per side, and the sharpener in the same listing starts its range at 14 degrees. Set the dial there and you are putting back the grind the knife was built with, not a coarser substitute.

Blade

Fifty-three millimeters of clearance

The tall forged face gives knuckles room over the board and keeps dense vegetables from riding up the steel. Cabbage and sweet potato come away in sheets, and the broad flat carries the pile to the pan.

Grip

Full tang under a textured hold

Steel runs the length of the handle, so nothing flexes where the blade meets the grip. The contours suit different hand sizes and follow the wrist through a chopping stroke instead of working against it.

Care

Ceramic between real sharpenings

Most weeks a knife needs no coarse stage at all. A few forward passes through the fine slot straighten the edge and remove almost no steel, which leaves the tungsten for the day tomato skin starts dimpling.

From the sharpening bench

Match the dial to the knife rather than to habit. The santoku wants the fine end of the range, while a thicker utility blade sits happier at twenty degrees and holds it longer.

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