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5" Utility Knife - Zhen Series (PM8O)

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The knife that lives between your paring blade and your chef's knife. The Zhen Series 5" utility runs a 67-layer Damascus blade over a 10Cr15CoMoV core, hardened to 60±2 HRC and ground to 15° per side. Long enough to slice a sandwich, break down a chicken breast or trim a roast — short enough to stay nimble in the hand. Olive wood and black buffalo horn octagonal handle, full tang. Made in Yangjiang.

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15° Per Side

Razor Edge

60 HRC

67-Layer Damascus

Full Tang

Olive Wood Handle

Reach for this when the chef knife is too much blade and the paring knife isn't enough. Cherry tomatoes need to split without squashing. Silverskin on a pork fillet needs trimming with the knife flat against the membrane. A small block of cheese needs slicing cleanly on the board. The 5" utility knife is the one you'll stop overlooking once you actually have a good one in the drawer.

The In-Between Blade That Earns Its Place

Five inches is long enough to keep the blade on the board for most small-produce work. Short enough that you're not wrangling extra length when trimming silverskin or halving a dozen cherry tomatoes in quick succession. It's the blade that handles the jobs your chef knife makes awkward: anything smaller than a capsicum where the extra length starts working against you rather than for you.

67-Layer Damascus on a Compact Frame

The core is 10Cr15CoMoV, vacuum heat-treated to 60-62 HRC, wrapped in 67 layers of Damascus cladding. Same build as the larger blades in the Zhen Series: an edge that holds its keenness through repetitive work rather than going blunt by the third use. The full-tang pakka-wood handle is proportioned for the smaller blade, so it doesn't feel like a handle designed for a bigger knife that someone trimmed the blade off.

Specifications

Blade Steel: 67-layer Damascus with 10Cr15CoMoV core
Hardness: 60-62 HRC (Vacuum Heat Treated)
Blade Profile: 5-inch utility knife
Handle: Pakka-wood, full-tang
Use: Cherry tomatoes, silverskin trimming, small block cheese slicing, and any board work where a full-size chef knife has too much blade length to be comfortable.
Series: Zhen Series (PM8O)
Model: PM8O-WY

Complete Your Set

Pair it with the Zhen 7" Santoku (PM8O-RS) for larger vegetable prep where five inches runs short, and the Zhen 3.5" Paring Knife (PM8O-SG) for the in-hand jobs this blade stays too big for.

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Blade length: 5.5"
Blade: 67-layer Damascus steel with 10Cr15CoMoV core
Cladding: 316/316L stainless steel (66 cladding layers)
Hardness: 60±2 HRC
Edge: 15° per side, double bevel (15°±1)
Heat treatment: vacuum heat treatment and deep freeze
Spine thickness: approx. 1.9mm
Damascus pattern: compressed Damascus
Handle: olive wood and black buffalo horn, octagonal
Tang: full tang
Product weight: approx. 76g
Care: hand wash only, not dishwasher safe
Origin: made in Yangjiang, China
Warranty: lifetime against manufacturing defects

Zhen Series

The Gap-Closer Between Paring and Chef

A utility knife earns its keep on the jobs that are too big for a paring knife and too fiddly for a chef's knife — slicing rolls, trimming meat, sectioning citrus, halving small produce. The Zhen Series 5" handles all of it with a 5.5" blade that stays controllable in tight cuts. The Damascus build means it carries real edge geometry, not just a pretty pattern: a 10Cr15CoMoV core hardened to 60±2 HRC and ground to 15° per side.

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Why A Utility

The Knife You Reach For Without Thinking

Most home cooks over-buy on chef's knives and under-use them for small work. The utility is the daily middle ground — light enough for one-handed jobs at the bench, long enough that you are not sawing. The Zhen runs front-weighted balance toward the tip, so the blade leads the cut and your wrist does less. Hand wash and dry it, and the 67-layer Damascus and olive wood handle stay sharp and good-looking for years.

5.5" blade
15° per side
Full tang
Hand wash only

The Steel

67-Layer Damascus, 10Cr15CoMoV Core

The cutting core is 10Cr15CoMoV — a high-carbon stainless that takes a fine edge and holds it. It is clad in 67 layers of Damascus (316/316L stainless cladding) for the compressed pattern and lateral strength. Vacuum heat treatment and a deep-freeze cycle bring it to 60±2 HRC: hard enough to stay keen through a week of prep, forgiving enough to re-hone at home. Spine sits around 1.9mm, ground thin to 15° per side.

Specification

The details.

TypeUtility Knife

Blade length140mm

Spine1.9mm

Weight76g

Steel10Cr15CoMoV

Cladding67-layer Damascus

Hardness60±2 HRC

Edge angle15 (degrees per side, double bevel; stated 15°±1)

ConstructionFull Tang

HandleOlive Wood+Black Buffalo Horn

Made inChina (Yangjiang)

Hand-wash only — not dishwasher safe.

In The Hand

Octagonal Olive Wood and Buffalo Horn

The handle is a traditional Japanese octagon in olive wood with a black buffalo horn bolster — a flat-faced grip that indexes the same way every time, wet or dry, so you always know where the edge is pointing. It runs full tang for balance and durability, with the weight set slightly forward toward the tip. Light in the hand at roughly 76g, it stays nimble through long sessions of small, repetitive cuts.

The difference

Why this knife

Zhen Series 5" Utility

67-layer Damascus over 10Cr15CoMoV core
60±2 HRC, ground to 15° per side
Full-tang octagonal olive wood + buffalo horn handle
Vacuum heat treat + deep freeze
Lifetime warranty on manufacturing defects

Generic Utility Knife

Single stamped stainless blade, no core
Softer steel, dulls faster, vaguer edge angle
Moulded plastic handle, partial or rat-tail tang
Standard heat treatment
Short or no warranty

In the box

Everything it comes with.

5" Utility Knife - Zhen Series (PM8O)
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Zhen Series

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Zhen Series

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FAQs

Is this a real Damascus knife?

Yes. The blade is genuine 67-layer Damascus steel forged around a 10Cr15CoMoV cutting core, with a compressed Damascus pattern. It is a forged multi-layer blade, not an etched print.

How is a utility knife different from a paring or chef's knife?

At 5.5" it sits between the two. Longer and more capable than a paring knife for jobs at the bench, shorter and more nimble than a chef's knife for trimming, slicing and small produce.

How hard is the blade?

It is hardened to 60±2 HRC via vacuum heat treatment and a deep-freeze cycle — keen enough to hold an edge through extended prep, while still straightforward to re-hone at home.

What is the edge angle?

15° per side, a double bevel ground to 15°±1. That is a fine, acute edge for clean slicing on soft and medium produce and meat.

What is the handle made of?

A traditional octagonal handle in olive wood with a black buffalo horn bolster, fitted to a full-tang blade for balance and durability.

Can I put it in the dishwasher?

No. Hand wash and dry it immediately. The dishwasher will damage the edge, the Damascus finish and the natural wood handle. It is covered by a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects.

Where is it made?

In Yangjiang, China — the country's knife-making capital — using a multi-step manufacturing and quality control process.