The santoku is a cross between a cooking knife (gyuto) and a chopping knife (nakiri). The tip of the blade pointing downwards from the center of the knife allows you to find a more stable support on the work surface and a larger cut. The santoku is a very popular general knife in Japanese homes. Thanks to the wider blade, the santoku is very convenient for lifting chopped food from the cutting board to the pot.
With Mcusta Zanmai knives, the handle design and processing technology deserve special attention - the traditional Japanese knife WA handle shape, technologies and components have been further developed in many ways, and in terms of the quality of the final finish, Mcusta knives can be safely considered among the absolute best in the world.

Mcusta Zanmai Ultimate Aranami Coreless knives are made of 33-layer Damascus steel. In the case of Coreless Damascus, VG-10 and VG-2 stainless steels are forged together and the knife does not have a classic cutting core. The entire blade is forged from laminated steel.