Samura Reptile Knife Set, 3 pcs, with Engraving

The Samura Reptile knife set with engraving combines three everyday knives: a 168 mm utility knife, a 235 mm bread knife and a 200 mm chef's knife. Together they take care of bread, cheese and sausage as well as vegetables, fruit, meat and fish. This is the engraved version of the Reptile set, with AUS-10 stainless steel blades and ribbed stainless steel handles.

Blade and steel

Each blade is a single layer of AUS-10 stainless steel, hardened to 59–61 HRC. At this hardness the edge stays sharp for a long time, so you reach for the whetstone less often. The trade-off is that a hard edge does not like bones, frozen food or glass boards.

The blades have a satin finish. With blade lengths of 168, 200 and 235 mm, the set gives you a short, a medium and a long knife for different jobs.

Handle and balance

All three handles are made of silver stainless steel and carry the ribbed design of the Reptile series, made to sit comfortably in your hand. Stainless steel handles are durable and corrosion-resistant. The series is also designed to be light: the three knives weigh 391 g in total.

Best uses

• Slicing bread with the bread knife
• Cutting cheese and sausage with the utility knife
• Slicing fruit and vegetables with the utility knife
• Chopping and dicing vegetables with the chef's knife
• Slicing boneless meat and portioning fish with the chef's knife

What's in the set

• Utility knife 168 mm
• Bread knife 235 mm
• Chef's knife 200 mm

Care and sharpening

Before first use, rinse the knives with hot water and wipe them dry. Wash them by hand with non-abrasive materials, wipe them dry and do not leave them in the sink for long; a dishwasher is not recommended. Use them on wooden or plastic boards only, never on glass, and turn to a SAMURA cleaver for bones and a double-sided saw knife with a serrated blade for frozen food. Keep the knives in a brush block or knife holder where the blades do not touch metal items, use a honing rod between sharpenings and sharpen on a whetstone at the original factory bevel angle of 15–17°.

About the Reptile series

The Reptile series draws on the Mesozoic era, when giant reptiles roamed the Earth, and SAMURA describes it as a marriage between heritage and contemporary design. Like all SAMURA knives, the set comes with a 2-year warranty.