This stunning Yaxell Zen 2 Piece Knife Set will tackle almost any cutting and slicing task in the kitchen with ease. Including the & the , it’s a great way to start your knife collection or add to an existing set.
The chef’s knife is the perfect size for preparing meat and cutting vegetables whether you prefer sliced, diced, brunoise or julienne the fine strong edge of this Zen chef’s knife can do it all with ease. The half bolstered construction of the Zen chef’s knife makes it lighter than traditional European models; this combined with its fine cutting edge makes the Zen chef’s knife capable of doing fine delicate work not normally associated with a knife of this size.
The 12cm Zen utility knife is ideal for those who prefer a smaller blade. This utility knife features a deep blade will make light work of carrots, parsnips, potatoes, and red meat while the slender point is ideal for fine dicing. This knife has the same ultra-hard, sharp cutting edge as its larger brothers for great cutting performance and long-lasting edge retention.
About Yaxell Zen:
Hailing from the renowned knife/sword city of Seki, we bring you the beautiful Yaxell Zen knives. This word means “the most healthy meals” in Japanese. Zen has a VG10 stainless steel cutting core with a super hardness of HRC61 on the Rockwell scale. The knives in the series have a 37-layer blade with a simple Damascus steel pattern with hammered marks on the upper part and its Japanese name stamped on it. The black Canvas-Micarta handle is attached with two stainless steel rivets. It is a good-looking knife that delivers long lasting cutting performance. Like all the ranges of the Japanese Cutler Yaxell, the Zen knife series impresses by its quality and design.
About Yaxell:
Founded in 1932, Yaxell today remains a family-run knife maker in Seki, an iconic city in the history of Japanese knife-making.
Every knife is hand-made – from the forging of the blade to the carving of the logos. Yaxell blades have won numerous awards all over the globe and are used and acclaimed by world chefs. Exclusive to Divertimenti, we are the Yaxell experts.
During production, Yaxell knives go through a very stringent process in which the blade is heated in a kiln at extreme temperatures, then ice hardened before it’s placed in high heat a second time to ensure the blade is durable, strong, and guaranteed to offer top long-lasting performance. This type of special production process also makes the knife’s blade corrosion-resistant.
sku: 1139730
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