From the gyuto to the yanagi, these are the eight most important Japanese kitchen knife styles to know. Deba knives are sturdy, somewhat petite blades used primarily for working with fish.

To properly craft the Higo, Best Made recruited a fifth-generation Japanese knifesmith with a lineage dating back to the originators of the short folding knife with a flattened thumb lever and ...

If you’ve ever struggled with a dull knife while trying to slice a tomato or carve a roast, you know how frustrating — and ...

You don't need to be an expert on Japanese knives to appreciate the set or even know how to use them. The gist is you get one Western-style chef's knife (the gyuto), one shorter Japanese-style all ...

To make things even more confusing, some Japanese companies make some European-style knives, and some European and American companies make Japanese-style knives. But here I’ve denoted the style ...

For years, both home cooks and professional chefs have tussled with blunt, heavy, or fragile kitchen knives that either fail under pressure or make cooking a hassle. Sylvia Mendel, a culinary ...

These qualities are, coincidentally, embodied by the knife-maker that NDA chose to make its new hi-po blades: Satoshi Kiryu of Japan's Kiryu Kogyo. The kiritsuke-style knife has an 8.75-inch ...