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Japanese cutlery · 67-layer Damascus steel

Santoku Kaen 18 cm

Santoku Kaen 18 cm

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El multiusos japonés por excelencia. Hoja ancha con punta redondeada para picar con seguridad y hacer cortes verticales limpios. El más fácil de dominar si vienes de cuchillos convencionales.
Para: uso diario · picado · carne, pescado y verdura.

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  • Shipping €9.99, free over €150
    Europe, US and Canada · 5–8 days
  • If it’s late, we refund 10%
  • 30-day trial in your kitchen
    Full refund on returns
  • 3-year warranty
    Protective sheath included

Description and specifications

Three virtues: meat, fish and vegetables.

The quintessential Japanese all-rounder. A wide blade with a rounded tip for safe chopping and clean vertical cuts. Light, nimble and made for people who cook every day. The easiest to master if you’re used to Western knives.

What you’ll use it for

  • Everyday use
  • Chopping
  • Meat, fish and vegetables

Specifications

Type All-purpose knife
Japanese name 三徳 · santoku
Blade 18 cm
Weight 205 g
Steel 67-layer Damascus stainless steel with a high-carbon stainless core at 60–62 HRC and an edge of about 15° per side. A unique wavy pattern on every piece.
Handle Octagonal, blue resin and stabilised wood
Included Protective blade sheath
Style Japanese cutlery

What your purchase includes

  • Protective sheath for the blade, included.
  • Shipping €9.99 to Europe, the US and Canada; free over €150. Delivery in 5–8 business days: if it arrives late, we refund 10%.
  • 30-day trial: cook with it, put it to the test and, if you don’t love it, send it back for a full refund.
  • 3-year warranty against any manufacturing defect.
  • 100% secure payment with Shopify: card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Shop Pay. Or pay in 3 interest-free instalments with Klarna, subject to approval at checkout.

Care

  • Wash it by hand with warm water and a drop of soap, and dry it with a cloth right away.
  • Never in the dishwasher: heat warps the resin and wood handle and detergent attacks the steel.
  • Cut on a wooden or plastic board, never on glass, marble or ceramic. For bones, frozen food or very hard squash, use another knife.
  • Keep it in its sheath and give it a few strokes on a honing rod once a month: ten gentle passes at about 15° bring the edge back.

Shipping, trial and warranty

Shipping €9.99 to Europe, the US and Canada; free over €150. Delivery in 5–8 business days with tracking: if it arrives late, we refund 10%.

30-day trial: cook with it and, if you don’t love it, send it back for a full refund.

3-year warranty against any manufacturing defect. Email us at customer@kaen.shop.

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A big knife, a small one and one for vegetables cover the whole kitchen. Together, at a discount.

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Why it cuts like this

What’s inside the blade

67

layers of Damascus steel

Stainless steel folded over a high-carbon core. Every blade has a different pattern.

60–62

HRC hardness

The core holds its edge for weeks; ten strokes on a honing rod a month keep it that way.

15°

per side on the edge

Much finer than a Western knife: it cuts without crushing.

8

faces on the handle

Octagonal, in resin and stabilised wood: it doesn’t turn in your hand.

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Essential Set −18 %

二本 · To get started

Essential Set

One big knife and one small: 90% of any recipe.

  • Gyuto 20 cm €99,95
  • Petty 9 cm €69,95
  • + a protective sheath for each knife
€139,95€169,90You save €29,95
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Shipping 9,99 € · €10,05 away from free shipping · 30-day trial · 3-year warranty

Master Collection −14 %

六本 · The full collection

Master Collection

All six Kaen knives. For people who cook a lot, or for a big gift.

  • Gyuto 20 cm €99,95
  • Nakiri 18 cm €119,95
  • Santoku 18 cm €109,95
  • Bunka 18 cm €109,95
  • Kiritsuke 20 cm €109,95
  • Petty 9 cm €69,95
  • + a protective sheath for each knife
€529,95€619,70You save €89,75
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