Knife - Serrated bread knife, 20 cm blade. After their chef knife and paring knife, chefs say that the knife they can’t live without is their bread knife.
Japanese precision, Western robustness.
The best of both worlds.
* 100% handmade
* Ultra-sharp Japanese 440C high-carbon stainless steel
* Hidden full tang
* Black pakkawood handle
* HRC hardness: 60 +/-1
* Weight: 175g
* Perfectly balanced
* Stainless
* Bamboo Saya (sheath or blade cover) included with each knife
* Lifetime warranty
If you’re trying to cut food with a hard “crust” without squashing the delicate inside, here’s a knife for that.
Crusty bread, tomatoes, rolls, watermelon, pineapple... Whatever you throw at it, the Kotai bread knife will make neat slices of it, thanks to its serrated blade.
Besides its aesthetic appeal, the “Tsuchime” (槌目) (hammered) pattern creates tiny pockets of air between the blade and the food being cut. This ancestral Japanese method reduces drag, thus preventing food from sticking to the blade.
Its 1.8 mm thin blade allows precise and sharp cuts, never crushing even the most delicate food to preserve their full flavor.
Forged with Japanese 440C high-carbon stainless steel, the KOTAI bread knife's blade will stay sharp up to 10 times longer than other knives. 440C combines a high carbon content for hardness and edge retention with the optimal amount of chromium for corrosion resistance.
Hidden full tang - KOTAI blades extend all the way to the bottom of the handle - for superior durability and balance.
