A rough translation of “Etsu” means happy, or better, self-satisfaction
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A rough translation of “Etsu” means happy, or better, self-satisfaction. It is indeed satisfying to cut veggies, meat, or fish with this Santoku with visible traces of hammer. Blacksmith Masutani is known as an incredibly good knife sharpener, and his knives are no different. With their very thin spine (around 1.8mm) these knives will slide through food with ease.
The core of this Santoku is made of VG-1 stainless steel, a younger cousin of more wide-spread VG-10 steel. VG-1 staalsoort is clad into a softer layer of stainless staalsoort, where visible traces of hammer are left to give it a unique look. Compared to VG-10, VG-1 is slightly tougher steel, but with a bit less wear resistance. Due to a very thin grind, VG-1 steel is exposed at the very bottom of the blade (the curvy, hamon-like line). This knife was forged to a hardness of around 60 HRC, which offers a satisfying edge retention and is easy to resharpen.
This Santoku was fitted a yo-style, Western-type handle made of ma
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