The Zhen 8" chef knife is the workhorse you reach for every day. A 210mm blade built on an original Japanese ZDP-189 powder-steel core, hardened to 65–67 HRC and ground to a 15° edge per side. The core is forged between two layers of SUS405 stainless in a three-layer san-mai construction, then dressed with a hand-brushed finish and a mirror-polished edge. Handle in North American desert ironwood and white buffalo horn. Hand wash only.
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8" Chef Knife - Zhen Series (X05Z)
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Email support@xinzuo.com.au to start a return. Return postage is the customer’s responsibility unless the item is faulty or not as described. Sale items and gift cards are not eligible for change-of-mind returns. Your rights under Australian Consumer Law are not affected.
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All orders ship from our Australian warehouse. Order before 12 pm AEST on a business day for same-day dispatch. We’ll email your tracking details once your order is on its way.
Lifetime warranty
If we confirm a manufacturing fault, we’ll repair or replace your knife at no cost. Normal wear, accidental damage, misuse, improper care and commercial use aren’t covered. To make a claim, email support@xinzuo.com.au with your purchase details and photos of the issue. Your rights under Australian Consumer Law remain unchanged.
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For a personal touch, you can add laser engraving with a name, date or short message.
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Shipping & delivery
Free shipping over $100 (2–5 business days), otherwise $14.95 (2–5 business days). Same-day dispatch before 12 pm AEST on business days.
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30-day returns
Not quite right? You have 30 days from delivery to return it if it’s unused, in its original packaging and wasn’t bought on sale.
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Lifetime warranty
Your Xinzuo knife comes with a lifetime warranty for home use. If there’s a manufacturing fault, we’ll repair or replace it free of charge.
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Care & maintenance
A little care goes a long way. Our guide walks you through cleaning, storage and sharpening to help keep your knife performing at its best.
FAQs
No. The Zhen is a three-layer san-mai blade, not Damascus. A ZDP-189 core is clad on both sides with SUS405 stainless. The hand-brushed finish shows the steel layers but the construction is functional, not a decorative Damascus pattern.
Harder steel holds a finer edge for longer. At 65–67 HRC the ZDP-189 core sits near the hard end of kitchen steel, so the 15° edge stays sharp through far more cutting than a typical 54–56 HRC German blade. Hone on ceramic or a fine stone rather than a steel.
The ZDP-189 steel is an original Japanese powder steel, sourced and heat-treated in Japan. Xinzuo grinds and finishes the blade in Yangjiang, the historic centre of Chinese knife-making. You get genuine Japanese core steel with hand-finishing, at a price below comparable Japanese-built knives.
The blade is 8" / 210mm, the standard chef-knife length and the best single all-round size. It suits most home cooks for everyday chopping, slicing and prep.
Hand wash and dry immediately, never the dishwasher. The high-carbon core takes a keen edge but rewards care. Store on a magnetic strip or in a block, and touch up the edge on a fine whetstone.
North American desert ironwood paired with a white buffalo horn bolster on a hidden tang (a partial tang). Desert ironwood is extremely dense and resists kitchen moisture, so it wears in over years of use.
The chef knife in a paulownia wooden gift box, ready to give or to keep.
