A santoku knife (三德包丁)in japanese is "three virtues" knifes, which is a multipurpose knife. it is used for pretty much everything such as slicing, cutting ,chopping dicing, mincing..... but avoid chopping tough large meat bones.
Santoku knife is a bit lighter and thiner compared with chefs knife, giving you a light weight for handling daily basis job in the kitchen. the blade length range normally is 125mm-180mm.
