Reach for this when you're halving cherry tomatoes for a salad, peeling the silverskin off a pork tenderloin, or slicing through stone fruit without the chef knife feeling like overkill. It sits between a paring knife and a chef knife. Short enough to stay nimble in hand, long enough to actually move across the board.
The Daily Go-Between
This is the knife your chef knife can't replace and your paring knife won't reach. Cherry tomatoes need a blade long enough to push through cleanly. Small citrus fruits need control you don't get at 8.5 inches. The narrow profile keeps it out of the way during close work, so you're not fighting blade width when you're trimming or peeling.
Powder Steel Where It Counts
The core is 14Cr14MoVNb powder steel, wrapped in 73 layers of Damascus and vacuum heat-treated to 62-64 HRC. That hardness is what you want on a fine-edged utility knife. It stays sharp through the kind of light, repetitive prep that dulls a softer blade well before lunch. The olive wood handle sits comfortably in a pinch grip without bulk getting in the way.
Specifications
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Blade Steel: 73-layer Damascus with 14Cr14MoVNb powder steel core
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Hardness: 62-64 HRC (Vacuum Heat Treated)
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Blade Profile: 5-inch utility knife
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Handle: Polished Olive Wood (Hidden Tang)
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Use: Halving cherry tomatoes, trimming silverskin, peeling small fruits, and any prep where your chef knife has too much blade.
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Series: LAN (B37)
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Model: B37-WY
Complete Your Set
Pair it with the Lan Series 8.5" Chef Knife for the heavy board work, and the Lan Series 7" Santoku for fast push-cut vegetable prep where this utility knife is too short to cover the board.
