Güde Alpha Pear Santoku Knife 18 cm with Hollows - CVM Knife Steel - Pear Wood Handle Scales

Indeed, Güde can also do Japanese, at least such blade shapes. The world-famous Santoku is the equivalent to the European chef's knife. A universal knife, which is used in Japanese kitchens for almost all cutting work. In contrast to the chef's knife, it has a wider, straighter blade, which is only slightly rounded at the tip. This is due to the cutting technique preferred in Asia, chopping.

The Alpha Pear Santoku knife with hollows has an 18 cm long, wide blade with a slight curvature at the tip made of rust-free and hand-sharpened chrome-vanadium-molybdenum knife steel. Additional, laterally ground hollows prevent the cut material from sticking to the wide blade, which often serves as a shovel, due to the resulting air cushion.

Güde knives are hand-forged from a single piece of chrome-vanadium-molybdenum steel, from the blade tip to the double bolster. The double bolster, a special feature of Güde knives, provides a counterweight to the blade. The knife is perfectly balanced. The special blend of steel and the elaborate manufacturing process with over 30 manual steps give the rust-free blades with a hardness of approx. 58 HRC a special robustness and durability.

The finely polished handle scales made of pear wood are embedded in the steel and triple riveted. Pear wood is extremely hard with a finely structured, velvety grain. The Alpha Pear series was launched on the occasion of Güde's admission by the Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe, Germany section, into the circle of Preferred Suppliers. The logo of the association is engraved in the double bolster.