The Petty knife is light and thin with a bit of flex to it and is used for peeling, chopping and trimming

The Petty knife is light and thin with a bit of flex to it and is used for peeling, chopping and trimming. Not used in a hammer grip way meaning you don’t chop up and down like a chefs knife due to not having enough clearance for the knuckles. Mostly used for cutting away from the chopping board but is essential for any knife roll and home kitchen. The general size of a petty ranges from 95mm to 150mm but can go up to 180mm but this is considered to be in a slicing categories.

Sakai Takayuki have come up with a hard 62 HRC core Aogami Super Blue with a cladded in stainless ku over the AS that has been sand blasted to give it a frosty finish it has a kurouchi hammered finish. The spine has a maintained thickness across the range with most having a dropped tip to complement this incredibly good looking line. The handle is a traditional octagonal shape made of maple wood and a rosewood ferrule.