Miyabi 5000MCD Birchwood - Bread Knife 9"

Introducing the Miyabi 5000MCD Birchwood Series. These knives are a work of art, seamlessly combining beauty and strength with functionality and ergonomics. This set aids with the precision ambitious amateurs and professional chefs aim for.

Bread knives are made for just that, slicing bread. An extra long, serrated blade is the main distinguishing characteristics of a bread knife though the serration pattern may vary. Serrated blades help rip through hard crusts to help get to the bread within. Serrated knives can be re-sharpened though they are tricky. However, they dull much slower than straight-edge knives because only the tips of the teeth make contact with the cutting board while the deeper-set teeth make contact only with the food you’re cutting.

Aside from cutting bread, bread knives are often handy to use when cutting cake layers because of the length of the blade. However, if you're looking for a long serrated knife for cutting cakes, look for a knife with a wavy serration instead of a pointed serration. Sharp teeth are good for crusty loaves but make a mess when cake cutting. Wavy teeth are great for cakes but harder to cut through crusty bread with.

The Miyabi 5000MCD Birchwood 9" Bread Knife is a work of culinary art. Crafted with a Karelian (Masur) Birch handle and a blade with an SG2 micro-carbide powder steel core protected by 100 layers of steel, beauty and durability are combined for the ultimate kitchen tool. Each layer goes through a blade treatment which alters the surface structure, giving each blade its unique floral Damascus pattern.

A CRYODUR® blade is hardened using a specially developed process to give you the very best cutting performance along with the highest corrosion resistance and blade flexibility. To achieve this, an excellent quality of steel is used. First the steel is heated, then quenched momentarily to room temperature. Next, the blade is frozen and hardened at -196°C to improve corrosion resistance. Finally, the blade regains flexibility by being re-heated, also known as tempering.

Miyabi 5000MCD Birchwood knives have a scalpel-like sharpness straight out of the box because each blade is sharpened and polished by hand using a traditional Japanese honing process called Honbazuke honing. The blade is first coarsely ground using a vertically rotating sharpening stone, then it is finely honed using a horizontally rotating sharpening stone. To finish, the edge is polished using a leather stropping block.

Basic Knife Care:

*Not dishwasher safe. Wash and dry the blade by hand immediately after use. Use a soft sponge to wash the blade. Do not use abrasive dish scrubbers and powders as they can damage the blade.

Always use a wooden or plastic cutting board. Never cut on glass, marble, slate, a plate, china or anything harder than steel. Bamboo is not recommended as it is very hard and dulls knives quickly.

Store knives separate from each other in a way that they will not knock into each other.

Use a ceramic honing rod or leather strop for the edge maintenance. Never use a coarse steel sharpening rod or diamond rod. Do not use a wheel sharpener or sharpening tools. Always sharpen by hand on waterstones.

Knife Facts:

Knife Type: Bread Knife

Rockwell Hardness: 62:63

Blade Length: 9"

Type of Steel: SG2 Powdered Stainless Steel

Handle Shape: D-Shaped handle

Handle Material: Karelian (Masur) Birch handle with welded bolster

Manufacturer: Miyabi Zwilling

Made in: Seki, Japan