{"product_id":"red-mallee-santoku-179mm","title":"Red Mallee Santoku 179mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis one-of-a-kind santoku by Austria's Tobias Hangler leaves nothing to want. Unless you're left handed. With asymmetrical geometry configured for right-handed chefs, the 179mm \/ 7\" blade is beautiful inside and out. It features an ApexUltra high-carbon steel core at 66 HRC, a new, high-performance, blade-specific steel developed by the maker of the knife itself, Mr. Hangler, who in addition to being a world-class bladesmith is the holder of a master's degree in metallurgy. To reduce carbon diffusion from the core steel during forging and hardening, a layer of pure nickel jackets the ApexUltra beneath the outer cladding material — here, a clean, understated layer of 1.4034 stainless steel, letting the bright, jagged nickel line trace its own path down the length of the blade. With cutting performance and food release squarely in his sights, Tobias sculpts purposeful, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003easymmetrical bevel geometry: the right side carries his  \"C-grind,\" a smooth, gently concave arc sweeping from forge-finished flat to the lower convex portion, while the left side bevels more conventionally, curving convex from the flat downward, culminating at a thin, hard, razor-sharp edge. The spine, nicely rounded for comfort and revealing the material's five layers in cross-section, tapers steadily while remaining robust and stiff throughout before dropping to a fine, needle-like tip. Balancing just forward of the 56mm-high heel, the knife is steady and weighted in the hand. The blade's matte, stonewashed finish carries the mottled texture of its hand-forged origins, brightened by the sheen of the pure nickel running just beneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor comfort and control in a form as stunning as any is a contoured, Western-style handle shaped from Red Mallee Burl, its deep red-orange figure threaded through with dark, swirling eyes, completed with a polished stainless ferrule at the front.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobias Hangler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54451446284563,"sku":"THG-HCK18","price":2150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/tobias-hangler-red-mallee-santoku-179mm-1250233817.jpg?v=1787591320","url":"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/red-mallee-santoku-179mm","provider":"Eatingtools","version":"1.0","type":"link"}