Slice, dice, and mince ingredients with ease with the unparalleled sharpness of the Wusthof Classic Santoku. This classic 17cm kitchen knife features shallow indentations along the blade's edge to allow food to easily slide off the blade as you slice. The new tasty sumac handle design is perfect to add a touch of rustic charm to your kitchen. This knife has a traditional 3-rivet design and is hot-drop forged from a single piece of chromium-molybdenum-vanadium steel. Hardened to 58° Rockwell, this knife boasts strength, durability, weight, balance, and stellar finish and cutting properties, making it a much easier and safer knife to use. Not only comfortable to hold, the blade is skillfully honed by hand to be incredibly sharp and easily resharpened. This knife is constructed from a single piece of steel for maximum strength, balance and heft, a delight to use for aspiring chefs and professionals alike.