Masaaki Saito Gyuto Knife
Masaaki Saito Gyuto Knife
A Gyuto is a traditional Japanese chef's knife. It is a multi-purpose blade and a kitchen essential seen throughout home and restaurant kitchens in Japan. This stunning chef's knife has a wonderful and balanced weight that creates a pleasant cutting experience. Effortlessly cut through meats, large vegetables and small items such as small garlic cloves.
Nitro-V Stainless Steel has a fine structure and is known for quality edge retention. The ultra thin blade creates a beautifully weighted knife. Masaaki's family name, Saito, is engraved on the blade.
The natural octagon handle is made from teak and ironbark, locally sourced from Northern Rivers, NSW.
Blade length: 188mm
Blade width: 56mm
Blade Thickness: 1.8mm (spine)
Total length: 345mm
Total weight: 164g
Blade Steel: Nitro-V Stainless Steel
HRC: 60+
Handle: Teak and Ironbark
Each knife comes with care instructions. For the best care and upkeep of your knives, we recommend having them professionally sharpened by Masaaki on a regular basis (2-3 times per year).
Origin
Origin
Handcrafted in Brisbane, Australia
Masaaki Saito
Masaaki Saito
As beautiful as his pieces are, Masaaki believes that knives are tools for daily life, not art to be left on a wall. This approach has earn Masaaki his strong reputation throughout the professional chef community across Brisbane and Northern Rivers. His knives are made to work hard across a lifetime. All of his knives in our collection have stainless steel blades and feature handcrafted handles from locally sourced timber.