Your best bet if you’re going for an all-round chef’s knife is probably a santoku, which translates as ‘three virtues’ ...

Every cook needs at least one good knife in ... traditional Japanese techniques and have been evaluated by the founder and ...

Compared to the Western Chef’s Knife, which we are more familiar with, the Japanese Gyuto’s blade is lighter and thinner, ...

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Narrator: Japanese ... most expensive knives produced by the shop sold for $6,900. Takamura Terukazu: Mainly three things are important to kitchen-knife making. First is quality materials.

This great knife from Japanese ... the steel quality isn’t as good as the overall top picks in this test. It also lacks the style and visual appeal of our other winners, so if kitchen aesthetics ...