Product Description

J A Henckels Four Star Series 7" Granton Santoku Knife 31119 183 - The Henckels Four Star 7" Santuko (Japanese) Chef's Knife is an all purpose knife for slicing and chopping. The oriental style chef's knife has a razor sharp edge for cutting meat and fish into small pieces. The specially contoured edge is perfect for chopping vegetables and the wide blade doubles as a spatula. Hollow Ground blade keeps foods from sticking to the knife. Precision-honing makes the knives sharper and helps them stay sharper longer Polypropylene handles are comfortable and hygienic Knives are dishwasher safe, although not recommended Henckels full lifetime warranty

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15331 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 7"
• Brand: Henckels
• Model: 31119-183
• Dimensions: 1.40" h x 2.70" w x 16.60" l, .50 pounds

Features

• 7-inch hollow-edge blade allows for paper-thin slices, keeps food from sticking
• High-carbon stainless-steel; optimum grades of metal welded into each part of knife
• Friodur ice-hardening process strengthens knife and prevents staining
• Full tang and bolster; black polypropelene handle
• Lifetime warranty

Amazon.com Review
The Japanese version of the chef’s knife, the santoku is useful for straight chopping, mincing, and slicing of larger quantities of vegetables and meat. Cooks with smaller hands may prefer this 7-inch blade as the shorter length offers better control while cutting. The width also provides a great platform for transporting chopped vegetables from cutting board to sauté pan. This version of the santoku actually has a hollow edge or oval cut-outs along the blade. The benefit to this blade style is that cooks can cut paper-thin slices and individual slices won’t stick to the blade.

Part of the Four Star series of cutlery, this santoku has a fully forged high-carbon stainless-steel blade. The blade, bolster, and tang are welded of one piece of metal using Henckels’s Sinter Metal Component Technology, which distributes the right quantities of metal to each part of the knife. The result is a longer-lasting edge and a more consistent angle on the blade. The blade has also undergone Henckels’s Friodur ice-hardening process, which further strengthens it and protects it from discoloration. The black polypropelene handle offers a secure and comfortable grip and is hygienically attached so there are no gaps between the handle and blade for food to become trapped. This santoku should be hand washed and is covered by a lifetime warranty. --Cristina Vaamonde

Customer Reviews

Excellent knife
Bought this knife for my wife when I saw her try to use a straight edge knife for slicing and dicing vegetables. The sharp, slightly curved edge on this knife made this job much easier for her. She loves this new knife. I think this knife might be a bit too large for her. I plan on getting the 5-inch santoku blade for her next.

Good Kitchen Chopping Knife
This is a great knife for chopping and mincing. The knife is well balanced, and is made of good steel, like all other Four Star knives. The rocking motion with the blade is very natural and easy to learn, in comparison to the standard chef's knife. In addition, the long, flat blade is excellent for scooping the chopped material up.

The steel in the Four Star series is very good at holding an edge (compare to the Rachael Ray/Furi reviews) My older knives are used a great deal and have kept very good edges, two or three strokes on the steel and they are good to go. Out of the box, the edge is like a razor.

The Four Star series is good for people with large hands. If you have smaller hands, the Pro-S knives are the same steel with a smaller handle.

Four Star knives have a solid well balanced feel. I am not sure the five inch version would achieve the same cutting in this style. Not flashy, but a good solid kitchen knife. I think this may replace my chef's knife as my primary tool.

High quality forged stainless
I have owned a set of four star Henckels knives for more than a decade and bought this Santoku to complement the set. All of the knives have been used multiple times daily and performed well with basic care including hand washing, hand drying, and approximately monthly dates with a matching sharpening steel.
Advantages of the Santoku over my chef's knife are the ability to chop large vegetables while maintaining good control over the wide blade and the hollow ground surface easily releases foods that would otherwise stick to the blade.
I still prefer the chef's knife for chopping smaller things, like herbs, where the deeper drop angle to the point allows more rocking motion.
This knife has the same high quality as the rest of my set and I anticipate that it, along with the others, will be part of my kitchen for a lifetime.