The large Güde Alpha Olive Santoku with ball X546/18

The large Güde Alpha Olive Santoku knife with an 18 cm blade length.

Santoku is a Japanese all-purpose kitchen knife. Santoku means "three virtues" because it is suitable for preparing vegetables, fish, and meat. It is primarily used for pressure cutting. The blade features ridges, ground indentations that prevent sticky, greasy, or thin food from sticking to the knife.

• Blade length: 18 cm
• Total length: 37 cm
• Shape: Santoku knife
• Blade material: forged steel, stainless
• Handle material: olive wood
• Article No. X546/18
• EAN 4006214954678

The blades are hand-forged and made from a single piece of chrome-vanadium-molybdenum knife steel. Further processing involves over 40 manual steps. The handle scales are made of select olive wood that's up to 500 years old. This wood is very hard, weather-resistant, and has a strong grain, making it particularly elegant. The blade is rust-proof, ice-hardened, and hand-sharpened. The handle is not dishwasher-safe.

Producing forged knives of the highest quality and in small batches by hand has always been, is, and remains Franz Güde's philosophy – for four generations and without any compromises. The employees of the Franz Güde manufactory feel committed to the centuries-old art of knifemaking that has established the reputation of the city of Solingen.