KAI Shun Premier Tim Mälzer 2-piece set with utility and Santoku knife - Damascus steel - Pakkawood handle

KAI Shun Premier Tim Mälzer Series 2-Piece Set with All-Purpose and Santoku Knife / Handle made of Dark Pakkawood

Here is a fantastic, Asian-inspired starter set: the 2-piece KAI Shun Premier Tim Mälzer Set. With this set, you get the all-purpose and Santoku knives, and a lot of fun while cutting.

The 16.5 cm long blade of the all-purpose knife and the 18 cm long blade of the Santoku knife in the KAI Shun Premier Tim Mälzer Series are made of a VG-Max steel core, wrapped in 32 layers of Damascus steel. This combination gives the knives tremendous sharpness and long-lasting edge retention. In numerical terms, the blade has an impressive hardness of +/- 61 HRC. An elaborate hammer-finished surface, known in Japan as Tsuchime, is worked into the blade up to the middle. This creates a 3-part texture on the blade, making the knives visually stunning as well.

Such an elaborately crafted blade demands an equally worthy handle. And the medium-brown, grained Pakkawood handle, with a length of 10.5 cm or 12 cm, is no less impressive than the blade. The symmetrical and ergonomic handle shape fits the hand perfectly, whether you cut with your left or right hand. Thanks to the applied lamination, the wooden handle is very resistant to liquids. However, the knife should not be exposed to long water baths or even a dishwasher. A steel plate with an engraving of Tim Mälzer's kitchen bull is the magnificent finishing touch of the knife.

The packaging is just as successful as the knife: each KAI Shun Premier Tim Mälzer knife is securely nestled in a wooden box.

The KAI Shun Premier Tim Mälzer Series is undoubtedly one of the top series from the Japanese knife forge. Whether you like Tim Mälzer or not, the knives are really cool. To put it in Tim Mälzer slang.