Santoku

The Santoku kitchen knife has a straight cutting edge and a spine reaching down to its curved point. Browse through our online Japanese knife stores and you will find the best Santoku knives for ‘tap chopping’ and ‘push cutting.’ These are best utilized for meat, seafood and vegetables.

Our Santoku is available in single bevel edge and double bevel edge variants. It is a lot thinner and shorter. Even if you’ve small hands, don’t worry. You can comfortably apply your skills with Santoku knives that ranges between 130mm to 180mm in length.

These knives feature hard steel forged from high-carbon steel via traditional Japanese blacksmithing. On the other hand, some Santoku knife variants are constructed from soft iron and involve multiple processes.

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This "OLD SCHOOL" Santoku knife was made by Sakai Genkichi from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 180mm long blades are hand-forged in Japanese traditional method "Warikomi" (Inserted hard steel between softer) using high-purity Hitachi White steel 2 (Shirogami #2) carbon steel as a core. Japanese-style knife handle made from Magnolia Wood with unique Japanese Negoro-Nuri Urushi finished.
158 USD
This "OLD SCHOOL" Santoku knife was made by Sakai Genkichi from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 180mm long blades are hand-forged in Japanese traditional method "Warikomi" (Inserted hard steel between softer) using high-purity Hitachi White steel 2 (Shirogami #2) carbon steel as a core. Japanese-style knife handle made from Magnolia Wood with unique Japanese Akebono-Nuri Urushi finished.
158 USD
Beautiful Santoku knife made by Japanese Tetsuhiro Knife Company from Sanjo City in Niigata Prefecture. With 170mm long blade made from beautiful multi-layer Damascus with high-purity (highly-selected pure iron material used) steel VG10, as the central core. Western-style handle made from black paper micarta.
127 USD 108 USD
This Santoku was made by the Sakai Genkichi company from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan.180mm long blade are hand-forged in the Japanese traditional smithing technique called "Warikomi" (Inserted hard steel between softer) using White steel 2 carbon steel as a core. Kasumi finish.
190 USD
This Santoku knife was made by Sakai Genkichi from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 180mm long blade are hand-forged in the Japanese traditional method "Warikomi" (Inserted hard steel between softer) using White steel 2 carbon steel as a core. The perfect blade shape and White steel 2 as a core guarantee excellent cutting ability and sharpness but low rust resistance. Japanese traditional knife handle made from Magnolia Wood with a unique Japanese Akebono-Nuri Urushi finish.
95 USD
Kagekiyo Santoku knife is a high-end handcrafted knife made by the highest level of Japanese artisans, who were awarded the title - "Dentou Kogeshi" (Master of Traditional Craft) Sakai City, Japan. 180mm long and ultra-thin, perfectly tapered blades made from high-purity Hitachi White steel 2 (Shirogami #2) carbon steel. Handle made from natural Magnolia wood covered with Japanese traditional lacquer Urushi.
246 USD 221 USD
This beautiful hand-forged Santoku knife was made by Hokiyama cutlery from the Tosa province on Shikoku Island of Japan. 165mm long special ROU-Wave Damascus blade (acid etching finish) has AUS10 core steel, heat-treated up to 59-60 HRC. Octagon handle made from natural Magnolia Wood and finished with traditional Japanese Burnt pattern Urushi lacquer.
176 USD
This beautiful hand-forged Santoku knife was made by Hokiyama cutlery from the Tosa province on Shikoku Island of Japan. 165mm long special ROU-Wave Damascus blade (acid etching finish) has AUS10 core steel, heat-treated up to 59-60 HRC. Octagon handle made from natural Magnolia Wood and finished with traditional Japanese Urushi Black lacquer using a Gold Dust technique.
193 USD
This beautiful hand-forged Santoku knife was made by Hokiyama cutlery from the Tosa province on Shikoku Island of Japan. Hammered texture (Tsuchi-me) on 165mm long Damascus blade has AUS10 core steel, heat-treated up to 59-60 HRC. Octagon handle made from natural Magnolia Wood and finished with traditional Japanese Burnt pattern Urushi lacquer.
149 USD
This "OLD SCHOOL" Santoku knife was made by Sakai Genkichi from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 180mm long blades are hand-forged in Japanese traditional method "Warikomi" (Inserted hard steel between softer steel) using Aichi Steel company stainless steel AUS8 as a core. Japanese-style knife handle made from Magnolia Wood with unique Japanese Negoro-Nuri Urushi finished.
125 USD
This "OLD SCHOOL" Santoku knife was made by Sakai Genkichi from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 180mm long blades are hand-forged in Japanese traditional method "Warikomi" (Inserted hard steel between stainless steel) using high-purity Hitachi Blue steel 2 (Aogami #2) carbon steel as a core. Japanese-style knife handle made from Magnolia Wood with unique Japanese Negoro-Nuri Urushi finished.
142 USD
This "OLD SCHOOL" Santoku knife was made by Sakai Genkichi from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 180mm long blades are hand-forged in Japanese traditional method "Warikomi" (Inserted hard steel between stainless steel) using high-purity Hitachi Blue steel 2 (Aogami #2) carbon steel as a core. Japanese-style knife handle made from Magnolia Wood with unique Japanese Akebono-Nuri Urushi finished
142 USD
This Sakai Takayuki Santoku knife was made by the world-famous Aoki Hamono Seisakusho Company from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 180mm long blade is made by Japanese traditional method "Varicomi" (Inserted hard steel between softer stainless steel) using super-pure high carbon Blue steel 2 (Aogami 2) as a core. Western-style knife handle made from strong Packer Wood.
162 USD 137 USD
This beautiful Sakai Takayuki 33-layer Damascus Santoku knife was made by the world-famous Aoki Hamono Seisakusho Company from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 170mm long blade is made from 33 Layer stainless Damascus with Hammered pattern, using Japanese high-purity steel VG10 from Takefu Special Steel Company as the central core.  This knife's Japanese-style half-rounded octagonal handle is hand-made from Keyaki (Japanese Elm or Japanese zelkova) with mahogany ferrule/bolster.
137 USD 117 USD
Santoku knife made by Japanese Tetsuhiro Knife Company from Sanjo City in Niigata Prefecture. 170mm long blade made by Japanese traditional method "Varicomi" (Inserted hard steel between softer stainless steel) using super-pure high carbon Blue steel 2 (Aogami 2) as a core. Western-style handle made from solid black paper micarta.
97 USD 82 USD


This "OLD SCHOOL" Santoku knife was made by Sakai Genkichi from Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture in Japan. 180mm long blades are hand-forged in Japanese traditional method "Warikomi" (Inserted hard steel between softer steel) using Aichi Steel company stainless steel AUS8 as a core. Japanese-style knife handle made from Magnolia Wood with unique Japanese Akebono-Nuri Urushi finished.
125 USD
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