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Eight-inch VG-10 chef knife with Damascus cladding
Japanese Chef Knife, 8 Inch Damascus Kitchen Knife with VG10 Steel, Handcrafted Sharp Knife with Ergonomic Handle, Cooking Knives for Home Chefs, Cooking Gifts for Men and Women
$169.98 CAD
Eight-inch gyuto-style chef’s knife, VG-10 core, Damascus face. The length to rock through onions and still reach across a roast. This is the one-knife kitchen if you only buy one.
- Listed as
- Japanese Chef Knife, 8 Inch Damascus Kitchen Knife with VG10 Steel, Handcrafted Sharp Knife with Ergonomic Handle, Cooking Knives for Home Chefs, Cooking Gifts for Men and Women
- SKU
- KV-95
- Maker
- Atumuryou
- Steel
- VG-10
- Blade style
- chef knife
- Listed length
- 8 in
- Finish
- Damascus steel
- Category
- Damascus
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Product details
About 8" VG-10 Chef Knife
An eight-inch VG-10 gyuto-style chef’s knife
This listing is the 8" VG-10 Chef Knife — “Japanese Chef Knife, 8 Inch Damascus Kitchen Knife with VG10 Steel, Handcrafted Sharp Knife with Ergonomic Handle, Cooking Knives for Home Chefs, Cooking Gifts for Men and Women.” Maker: Atumuryou, same workshop family as the 7-inch santoku on this shelf, different shape and length.
Eight inches is the default Western-length chef’s knife: enough belly to rock, enough length to span a roast. The core is VG-10; the face is Damascus. If you wanted a 5.8-inch bunka or a 7-inch santoku, those are other URLs. This one is the long primary blade.
Atumuryou’s 7-inch santoku (KV-77) is the flatter sibling at the same workshop. Same VG-10 idea, shorter, push-cut. This 8-inch chef is the rocker. Gift language on the supplier title is not a gift-box claim like Xinzuo’s bunka; we only promise what this title actually prints.
Hand-wash VG-10. Hone. Stone when the hone dies. Priced in CAD, Damascus shelf, adults 18+, tracked from The Knife Vault. One-knife kitchen if you only buy one gyuto-style blade.
What VG-10 and eight inches buy you
VG-10 at chef’s-knife length is the one-knife kitchen for a lot of home cooks: onion, chicken (boneless), herbs, a watermelon if you are careful. It is not a cleaver. It is not a bread knife. The “ergonomic handle” and “gifts” language on the supplier title is marketing; the facts are 8 inch, VG-10, Damascus cladding, Atumuryou.
- Form: chef / gyuto-style, 8 in.
- Core: VG-10. Face: Damascus.
- Maker: Atumuryou. SKU: KV-95. No HRC printed.
- Same maker as KV-77 (7-inch santoku); different job.
Using and caring for this chef’s knife
Pinch grip, claw on the guide hand, rock or push as the belly allows. Do not scrape the edge sideways on the board like a bench scraper — that rolls VG-10 as surely as cheap 8Cr.
Hand-wash, dry, hone. When you need a stone, VG-10 does not require diamond plates. Priced in CAD. The chef-knife dossier is the buying essay; this page is KV-95 only.
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