Mac Knife Superior Santoku/Paring Knife, 4-Inch



Very nice mini santoku. Great prep knife for women (smaller hands)

I got this knife for my girlfriend, who is only 5’2″, with small hands. I do most of the cooking and have several high quality knives including a Japanese carbon santoku – and keep all of them very sharp. On occassion, my sweetie does some cooking and to my surprise was using my paring knife for prep. Apparently, she finds my regular-sized santokus as too big for her and even somewhat intimidating. Well this is a problem that I can certainly remedy. So, I did some research and found this knife, and lots of reviews by women that seem to really love it, so I pulled the trigger and got one.


It finally arrived, after a minor mix-up. The vendor initially sent the wrong model but immediately made it right, along with an email return shipping label and no excuses at all – awesome. Way to go, vendor!


So today, I finally got to put it through its paces. MAC has a good reputation so I was prepared for the blade to be sharp “out of the box” and it was. It readily…

could be thinner

Has polished laminated wood handle and is single bevel 15 degree right hand sharpened on a semi-thin blade. Came nicely packaged in a cardboard sheath inside a nice box. Took about a dozen strokes on an ultra fine ceramic stone to polish edge to semi razor sharpness. Due to wideness of blade, storage in a poly knife-safe case, requires a 4-6″ size case/sheath. Handle offset could be a tad greater to provide better knuckle clearance.

When doing small jobs

I now have two now. They are sharp, maintain an edge, and work great for chopping smaller guantities of material.

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