Name: Viper Sakura Santoku 16 cm bocote wood, VT7516BC
Brand: Viper
SKU: VPVT7516BC
Availability: BackOrder

Blade length: 16 cm 
Total length: 27 cm 
Weight: 160 grams

The **Viper Sakura Santoku 16 cm bocote wood** is a stunning all-rounder for in your kitchen. Santoku is the name for a Japanese chef's knife, named after the three tasks in the kitchen: slicing, dicing and chopping. A santoku is perfect when preparing meat, fish and vegetables. In addition, you can use the high blade to easily scoop all finely chopped ingredients into the pan. The handle is made from stunning bocote wood. The gold-coloured type of wood has a unique and deep pattern and makes the knife look really fancy.


##  Viper Sakura kitchen knives


 These kitchen knives were designed in cooperation with two famous Danish designers: Jens Ansø and Jesper Voxnaes. Together they are responsible for designing, amongst others, pocket knives, bushcraft knives and kitchen knives. Many of these knives were designed in cooperation with knife manufacturers. In this case the popular Italian brand Viper.
The design looks graceful and classic because of the bocote wood handle, the embellishments on the blade and the rivets. The shape of the blade and the steel, however, are far from classic.


### The blade


 The full-tang blade is made from Nitro-B and has a hardness of 59 HRC. This remarkable stainless steel has been alloyed with extra nitrogen by multiple cryogenic treatments. As a result the Nitro-B steel retrieves its hardness from the nitrogen molecules and not from the carbon molecules as is the case with carbon steel. As such the blade is not only remarkably hard, it is also corrosion resistant. 


### The handle


The handle is made from dark bocote wood. The handle is secured with two stunning stainless steel rivets. In addition, in between the blade and the wooden handle you will find a stunning embellishment which leaves the classic design of the knife with an elegant and warm finish. 


## Viper


Viper Tecnocut has been a popular knife manufacturer working from the Italian city of Maniago for over hundred years. They are already known for their excellent hunting and gentleman's knives, but now also offer excellent kitchen knives! 



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We always measure the blade length ourselves. This is the length of the blade from the tip to the front of the handle. This may deviate from the manufacturer's specification.

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We always measure the blade thickness at the thickest part of the blade. Often just before the handle. This may deviate from the manufacturer's specification.

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Viper Sakura Santoku 16 cm bocote wood, VT7516BC