Anryu | Santoku 165mm | Aogami 2 | Rosewood

Fourth-generation certified master blacksmith Katsushige Anryu is one of the original founders of the Takefu Knife Village collective which contains some of the most renowned knifemakers in all of Japan, he is also its chairman. 

Anryu has recently passed the brand’s knifemaking torch to his long-time apprentice and nephew Takumi Ikeda, who will be carrying on the legacy and quality of Anryu’s knives for many years to come.

Santoku 三徳

Santoku translates to “3 virtues”, good for fish, meat and vegetables. Though they are a taller knife, which makes control a little easier, the santoku is generally smaller in length and perfect for any prep job in a home or commercial kitchen.

This is a stainless clad knife. Aogami, also known as Blue paper steel due to the colour of the paper it came wrapped in, is a high carbon steel made by Hitachi Metals. Aogami is known for its sharpness and edge retention, blue paper steels are considered some of the best carbon steels in the world. It’s like Shirogami but with added tungsten and chromium to give it better edge retention, it comes in 3 grades Aogami #1, #2 & Aogami Super.