I O Shen Chinese Vegetable Knife £59.95
Product Code: 3024DN
Specialising in the preparation of root vegetables
"These knives are just stunning. They stay sharper and retain their edge longer than any other knife I have used." - Garrey Dawson - Ready Steady Cook
Sharpening
Even the super-hard cutting edge of I.O.Shen knives will eventually blunt with use. The recommended sharpening methods are to use a fine whetstone or our recomended electric knife sharpening machines: A fine whetstone – this requires some skill and will take some time. Rockwell 62° steel is extremely hard.
For many years, knife manufacturers have been trying to achieve the ultimate cutting edge which is rated using a Rockwell degree scale (liken it to degrees Fahrenheit) - the highest being Rockwell 62° (this is like the boiling point of water). However, the brittleness of the knife has made this impossible to produce commercially without using a Damascus method, which is very expensive. I.O.Shen have overcome this problem by sandwiching 2 softer outer layers of steel with Rockwell 62° to produce the ultimate cutting edge.
