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Gyuto 210mm vs 240mm: Picking the Right Length
The single most consequential decision in buying a Japanese chef knife is not the steel or the maker. It is...
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Most Japanese knives are bad at bread. The thin, hard, brittle edge that makes a Japanese gyuto magical on tomatoes...
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Japanese knives are sharper than Western knives for two reasons: the steel is harder and the edge is ground thinner....
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Honyaki knives are forged from a single piece of high-carbon steel, hardened the same way a katana is. Kasumi knives...
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