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This top range of multi-layered knives are beautiful. Stunning knives with fantastic performance. The central cutting core of VG10 is surrounded by 64 layers of steel giving them the famous woodgrain appearance. These knives have a Rockwell hardness of 60-61 HRC and have black pakka wood handles. Made in Echizen city. This multi-layered preparation knife is the traditional vegetable knife in Japan. It is ideal on larger vegetables such as butternut squash. It also perfect for shredding lettuce and cabbage due to its deep rectangular blade. This knife if often mistaken for a meat cleaver due to its shape however it is still a knife and should be used in the same way.