
- Blade length
- 145 mm (5.5 in)
- Steel
- VG10 Damascus
- Hardness
- HRC 60 ±
The Fast Prep Knife
The Fast Prep Knife — 145mm Damascus Bunka
Fast, close board work when the big knife is more knife than the job needs.
Store price
Wholesale Chef Knife
The short reason
Vegetables, herbs, garlic, quick prep, and anyone who finds a 210mm blade unwieldy.
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The decision
Understand it in thirty seconds.
The profile, the limit, and the routine matter more than a wall of badges.
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What it's good for
Vegetables, herbs, garlic, quick prep, and anyone who finds a 210mm blade unwieldy.
02
What it's not for
Long slicing strokes through large proteins, and anything involving bone. The flat profile does not rock for fine herb mincing.
03
Care
Hand wash and dry immediately. The wa handle is natural wood — keep it out of standing water and oil it occasionally with food-safe mineral oil. Never the dishwasher.
Why this shape
The Fast Prep Knife
A bunka is flat through the edge, so the whole blade meets the board at once and you push straight down instead of rocking — quicker for volume vegetable work. The reverse-tanto tip puts the point exactly where you can see it, which is why this shape gets picked for detail work on a crowded board. At 128 grams it is the lightest knife here.
Physical record
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- Maker
- Wholesale Chef Knife
- Model
- The Fast Prep Knife — 145mm Damascus Bunka
- Blade length
- 145 mm (5.5 in)
- Steel
- VG10 Damascus
- Hardness
- HRC 60 ±
- Handle
- Wa-style rosewood with black collar
- Weight
- 128 g
- Profile
- Bunka (reverse-tanto tip)
The next move
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