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The Fast Prep Knife — 145mm Damascus Bunka
The Fast Prep Knife
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

$80.95

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.

01

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)

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