Santoku • 175 mm • Tsuchime • Dimples • molybdenum vanadium and tungsten • western handle pakka • for both left and right handed use
Features of the tsuchime series
The well-known and renowned MAC blade with a comfortable classic handle made of black pakka wood gives this series its own distinct look. A very comfortable handle: large enough for western hands and ideal in its weight. Each handle of MAC knives is always slightly upwards compared to the blade, which contributes to the comfort during cutting. The space between the cutting board and the knuckles of the hand remains sufficient to allow the blade to "roll" during use. The blade is highly polished, which ensures a beautiful mirror finish.
The hammer blow and the dimples provide less contact surface with the product, resulting in a better ''food release'' during cutting.
The characteristic MAC cutting edge ensures that knives are razor-sharp, but also stay sharp for a long time. MAC knives are sharpened by hand on water-cooled stones to optimize sharpness. The thin blade glides easily through products and offers little resistance during use. The steel is easy to handle, which means that in practice the cutting edge is easy to keep sharp with a sharpening steel or whetstone.
Elwin de Veld about MAC knives
When I first started with sharpening of the knives, together with my grandfather in 1994, we used to go to many restaurant in The Hague to sharpen. Later, when I took over, I was able to do it all myself. In 1998 I came to the restaurant Seinpost, back then with Paul van Waarden as a head chef, to sharpen their knives. Gert Jan Cieremans, the last chef of now closed restauant Seinpost, has been working there already for 2 years as a chef de partie. Mr. kuntz also has been working there in the kitchen and he owned a MAC. He was truly lyrical about it. I was allowed to sharpen it for him and ever since fell in love with Japanese knives. It's a joy to sharpen, they keep their extreem sharpness for a longer time than the knives I've known.
My first order with MAC were 6 knives from the Original serie. I gave them all to few chefs I know to hear their opinion about them. Of course, they were never returned to me- it was truly the best knfe they've ever used. Since then MAC has become very popular in the kitchens of Dutch restaurants.
