MAC Professional 27cm Japanese bread knife

The MAC Professional 27cm bread knife is perfect for slicing bread and buns without damaging them. Its efficiency enables you to produce very thin slices. It can also be used on cooked cuts of meat, such as roasts.

The MAC Professional range of knives has been developed for professional chefs who need to work fast and well. These knives make no compromises on sharpness or ergonomics. They save you time, while remaining pleasant to handle, even over prolonged use.

The blade is made of AUS-8 stainless steel, a Japanese alloy enriched with carbon, tungsten, molybdenum and vanadium. Carbon and tungsten are important elements in the blade's hardness. The more carbon, the stiffer the blade, and a stiff blade will hold its edge for a long time. What's more, you can work its edge to a razor-sharp finish, since steel is capable of holding such a finish.

Molybdenum and vanadium also have a small impact on rigidity. Vanadium increases the alloy's elasticity and thus its resistance to impact, while molybdenum increases the steel's resistance to corrosion.

The result is a high-performance, long-lasting alloy that's easy to work with, so you can easily maintain it with a whetstone when the need arises.

In addition, the cutting edge has a hybrid shape, combining a Japanese angle (unilateral) and a Western angle (symmetrical). This particular angle gives the knife the perfect combination of formidable cutting edge and longevity.

Thefinal sharpening is done by hand, on a water stone. The craftsman's skill ensures a razor-sharp edge from the very first use.

As far as the handle is concerned, we can say that it is made of two Pakkawood plates, a composite material mixing laminated wood and resin compressed under heat. The end result is resistant to moisture, shock and temperature variations. 3 rivets hold the Pakkawood to the full tang blade. A steel bolster links the blade to the handle. Its shape is designed to ensure a perfect grip.

To care for your knife, wash by hand in lukewarm water with a soft sponge. Dry immediately with a soft cloth, leaving no trace of moisture on the surface. In this way, you'll retain its original performance and appearance for a long time to come.

A few words about the manufacturer:

MAC is a Japanese knife manufacturer whose factory is located in Seki, a Japanese town renowned for its quality cutlery production since the Middle Ages.

The brand was created in the 60s, after its founder studied in the USA, where he worked as a part-time cook to supplement his studies. It was there that he had the opportunity to test kitchen knives that weren't necessarily to his taste. As an anecdote, he was using a heavy, very sharp, blunt German knife when he dropped it on the floor, narrowly missing stabbing himself in the foot. Instead, the knife stuck in the ground, and when he tried to remove it, about 3cm of the point had broken off. To fix this, he took a sharpening stone to the blade, making the point "rounder". Gradually, he realized that this modification had significantly increased the knife's efficiency, and with it his own output.

On his return to his homeland, this experience gave him the idea of founding the MAC company, with the aim of producing knives with a formidable cutting edge that would be safer, longer-lasting and easier to use.

The brand now boasts several patents to its credit, and is known the world over. For the record, the name MAC comes from the word "Macrocosm", which in simplified terms means "immense universe" (reflecting the founder's ambition to equip every country in the world with his knives). He chose to retain the first 3 letters of the word.

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