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5" Utility Knife - Pin Series (X020)

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The 5" Utility Knife from the Pin Series handles the jobs that fall between your paring knife and your chef's knife — sandwich builds, tomatoes, citrus, small proteins, trimming and slicing. The blade is a 3-layer composite of 10Cr15CoMoV core steel clad in stainless, vacuum heat treated to 60±2 HRC and ground to 15° per side. An olive wood handle on a full-tang build keeps it balanced for close, controlled work.

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Precision Ground Edge

60±2 HRC

10Cr15CoMoV Core

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Olive Wood Handle

Reach for this when the chef knife is too much blade. Halving cherry tomatoes without crushing them, trimming silverskin off a pork fillet, slicing a small wedge of hard cheese - these are 5-inch jobs. The utility knife fits where bigger blades don't, and it does it without the fuss of a paring knife held in the air.

The Daily Go-Between

It's long enough to slice through a bread roll in one stroke, short enough to keep full control on delicate trim work. The 10Cr15CoMoV core is vacuum heat-treated to 60 HRC, so it takes an edge that actually holds through a morning of sandwich prep or fruit cutting without needing a touch-up. Three layers of cladding keep the blade stiff without brittleness.

Olive Wood Handle, Right for Small Jobs

The natural olive wood handle is riveted to a full-tang steel core, so the balance stays consistent right down to the tip. It's lighter than the chef knife and Santoku in the set, which makes it easier to hold lightly for the kind of precise, wrist-driven cuts where a heavier blade gets tiring. The grain is tight enough that it won't pick up moisture or swell after repeated washes.

Specifications

Blade Steel: 3-layer 10Cr15CoMoV composite steel
Hardness: 60±2 HRC (Vacuum Heat Treated)
Blade Profile: 5-inch utility knife
Handle: Natural olive wood, full-tang, riveted
Use: Halving cherry tomatoes, trimming silverskin, slicing small produce where a chef knife feels excessive.
Series: Pin Series (X02O)
Model: X02O-WY

Complete Your Set

Pair it with the Pin Series 8" Chef Knife for the heavy daily prep, and the 4" Paring Knife for true in-hand work like peeling or segmenting.

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Knife type: Utility knife
Series: Pin Series (X02O)
Model: X02O-WY
Blade length: 5.0 in (~130mm)
Blade material: 3 layers 10Cr15CoMoV composite steel
Core steel: 10Cr15CoMoV
Hardness: 60±2 HRC
Heat treatment: Vacuum heat treatment
Edge angle: 15° per side (factory 12–15° per side)
Blade finish: Stonewash
Handle: Olive wood
Tang: Full tang
Weight: 115g
Care: Hand wash only; oil the olive wood handle occasionally
Origin: Yangjiang, Guangdong, China
Warranty: Lifetime against manufacturing defects

PIN SERIES UTILITY

The knife that bridges paring and chef

Most kitchens have a paring knife that's too small and a chef's knife that's too big for the everyday in-between jobs. The 5" Utility lives in that gap. Long enough to slice a tomato or sandwich in one pass, short and nimble enough for trimming, segmenting and detail work the chef's knife is clumsy at. The Pin Series builds it from a 3-layer 10Cr15CoMoV composite blade on a full-tang olive wood handle — a daily-driver second knife that earns its spot on the board.

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WHY A UTILITY KNIFE

The most-reached-for blade you don't own yet

Ask anyone who keeps one within reach: the utility knife does more work than its size suggests. The 5" / ~130mm blade clears small produce, deli meats, cheese and citrus without dragging the big chef's knife out of the block. At 115g it's light in the hand for fast, repetitive cuts — and the 15° per-side edge keeps tomato skins and herbs clean rather than crushed.

5" / ~130mm blade
115g light
15° per side
Stonewash finish

BLADE CONSTRUCTION

3-layer composite, 10Cr15CoMoV core, 60±2 HRC

The blade is a 3-layer composite: a 10Cr15CoMoV cobalt-vanadium core sandwiched between two stainless cladding layers. The hard core takes and holds a fine edge; the softer outer layers add corrosion resistance and toughness. Vacuum heat treatment brings it to 60±2 HRC — hard enough to stay sharp through a week of prep, forgiving enough to resharpen easily on a whetstone. Finished in stonewash and ground to 15° per side.

Specification

The details.

TypeUtility Knife

Blade length127mm

Weight115g

Steel10Cr15CoMoV

Cladding3-layer Damascus

Hardness60±2 HRC

Edge angle15° (degrees per side; factory 12-15 deg/side)

ConstructionFull Tang

HandleOlive Wood

Made inChina (Yangjiang, Guangdong)

Hand-wash only — not dishwasher safe.

HANDLE & BALANCE

Olive wood, full tang, built for control

The handle is solid olive wood — dense, warm-grained and unique to every knife — set over a full-tang blade that runs the length of the handle for strength and balance. The result is a knife that feels planted for precise, close work: trimming fat, coring, segmenting citrus. Olive wood is hand-wash only and likes an occasional rub of food-safe oil to stay sealed; in return it ages beautifully rather than fading.

The difference

Why this knife

Pin Series 5" Utility

10Cr15CoMoV core, 3-layer composite blade
60±2 HRC, vacuum heat treated
15° per-side precision edge
Solid olive wood, full-tang build
Lifetime warranty on manufacturing defects

Generic supermarket utility knife

Single-piece stamped stainless
Unspecified, softer steel
Wide factory edge, dulls fast
Moulded plastic handle, part tang
Throw-away when it blunts

In the box

Everything it comes with.

5" Utility Knife — Pin Series (X02O)
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Pin Series

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PIN SERIES UTILITY

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FAQs

Is this a Damascus knife?

No, not a patterned multi-layer Damascus. It's a 3-layer composite (San Mai) blade — a 10Cr15CoMoV core clad in two stainless layers. You get the performance of a hard core with the corrosion resistance of a stainless exterior.

How is a utility knife different from a paring knife?

A paring knife (around 3–3.5") is for in-hand work like peeling and hulling. This 5" utility is longer and board-based, so it slices tomatoes, sandwiches, citrus and small proteins that a paring knife is too short for — but stays nimbler than a full chef's knife.

What's the blade steel and how hard is it?

The core is 10Cr15CoMoV, a cobalt-and-vanadium stainless steel, vacuum heat treated to 60±2 HRC. That's hard enough to hold a keen edge through heavy use and still straightforward to resharpen on a whetstone.

How should I sharpen and maintain the edge?

It's ground to 15° per side. Hone with a fine whetstone at roughly the same angle. Hand wash and dry after use — never the dishwasher — and give the olive wood handle an occasional wipe of food-safe oil to keep it sealed.

Is the handle real wood, and does it need care?

Yes, the handle is solid olive wood over a full tang. Each one carries its own grain. Keep it out of standing water, hand wash only, and oil it now and then so it stays sealed and doesn't dry out.

Where is it made and is it covered by warranty?

It's made in Yangjiang, Guangdong — China's knife-making capital — and carries a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects through xinzuo.com.au.