NORA Santoku #1021 - CTS-XHP

Our version of a Japanese Santoku, this is an extremely versatile knife that functions similarly to a Chef knife.  Santoku literally translates from Japanese as "three virtues" which refers to the three tasks this knife does exceedingly well: slice, dice, and mince. While Santoku knives generally lend themselves towards a chopping motion, we have also designed the blade with enough belly to facilitate a nice rocking motion as well. This is a revamp of our original "NORA" knife.  We started by making a single Santoku design and that is all we sold our first year in business.  Since then we have had roughly 4 different versions of our Santoku and I think we finally arrived on a blade profile and handle that really work great.  We took our original Santoku blade profile and combined it with our larger handle style.  The two work well together. Every one of our knives is numbered and unique. This NORA knife, number #1021, has been handled with Shokwood which is a beautiful wood/resin hybri