KOTAI Pakka Collection Damascus Paring Knife · 3.5 Inch

Damascus Steel Paring knife, 3.54'' blade. The paring knife is the most-used knife in a kitchen, right after the chef knife. The KOTAI Damascus steel paring knife has an ideal hybrid shape, combining a nearly flat blade edge for maximum precision and a very fine tip for detail work.

The Damascus Steel Paring blade is forged with AUS-10 steel, a premium steel that combines a high carbon content for hardness and edge longevity with the optimal amount of chromium to prevent oxidation.

Japanese precision, Western robustness.

The best of both worlds.

• 100% handmade
• Ultra-sharp Japanese AUS-10 high-carbon stainless steel
• Hidden full tang
• Black pakkawood handle
• HRC hardness: HRC 61 +/- 1
• Weight: 74g
• Perfectly balanced
• Stainless
• Bamboo Saya (sheath or blade cover) included with each knife
• Lifetime warranty

While almost everything on the cutting board can be done with the chef knife, all precise, off-the-board cutting tasks are performed with the paring knife. Its 1.5 mm thin blade allows precise and sharp cuts, never crushing even the most delicate food to preserve their full flavor.

Besides its aesthetic appeal, the “Tsuchime” (槌目) (hammered) pattern creates tiny pockets of air between the blade and the food being cut. This ancestral Japanese method reduces drag, thus preventing food from sticking to the blade.

Damascus steel is composed of a layer of very hard steel - here AUS-10 - for the cutting edge, surrounded by 66 successive layers of softer steel to protect the corelayer.

This type of blade makes it possible to combine the advantages of a very high carbon steel - the layer of AUS-10 at the heart of the blade reaches an HRC hardness of HRC 61 +/- 1 - with the advantages of “softer” steels, such as resistance to impact and corrosion.

The blade thus forged from 67 layers of steel has an exceptional edge retention, while benefiting from increased durability and resistance to chipping.

In addition to these mechanical properties, damascus steel is appreciated for its aesthetic qualities because no damascus blade will have exactly the same patterns; each knife is unique.