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Aogami Super: The Steel Behind Moritaka's 700-Year-Old Forge
<p>Spend any time researching Japanese knives and one steel name keeps surfacing: Aogami Super. It shows up in forums, in reviews, and all over our own shop — most notably...
Aogami Super: The Steel Behind Moritaka's 700-Year-Old Forge
<p>Spend any time researching Japanese knives and one steel name keeps surfacing: Aogami Super. It shows up in forums, in reviews, and all over our own shop — most notably...
Damascus Steel Knives: What the Pattern Really Means (and Whether It's Worth It)
Few words sell knives like "Damascus." The flowing, water-like pattern in the steel looks like something out of a legend, and listings lean on it hard, often with prices to...
Damascus Steel Knives: What the Pattern Really Means (and Whether It's Worth It)
Few words sell knives like "Damascus." The flowing, water-like pattern in the steel looks like something out of a legend, and listings lean on it hard, often with prices to...
What Is a Honesuki? The Japanese Poultry Knife Built for Butchery
Most Japanese knives are famous for slicing. The honesuki is famous for something messier: taking a whole chicken apart faster and cleaner than any knife you've used. It's a specialist,...
What Is a Honesuki? The Japanese Poultry Knife Built for Butchery
Most Japanese knives are famous for slicing. The honesuki is famous for something messier: taking a whole chicken apart faster and cleaner than any knife you've used. It's a specialist,...
The Best Cutting Boards for Japanese Knives (and the Ones That Ruin Edges)
Here's an uncomfortable truth we deliver at the sharpening bench every week: most "dull" Japanese knives weren't worn out by cutting food. They were worn out by the board underneath...
The Best Cutting Boards for Japanese Knives (and the Ones That Ruin Edges)
Here's an uncomfortable truth we deliver at the sharpening bench every week: most "dull" Japanese knives weren't worn out by cutting food. They were worn out by the board underneath...
Tojiro Knives: Japan's Best Value in a Serious Kitchen Knife
Ask a professional cook to name a Japanese knife brand that punches above its price, and Tojiro comes up almost immediately. It's the knife hiding in half the knife rolls...
Tojiro Knives: Japan's Best Value in a Serious Kitchen Knife
Ask a professional cook to name a Japanese knife brand that punches above its price, and Tojiro comes up almost immediately. It's the knife hiding in half the knife rolls...
What Is a Nakiri? The Japanese Vegetable Knife, Explained
Walk past the vegetable station in any serious kitchen and you'll spot it: a flat, squared-off blade that looks almost like a small cleaver, moving through produce faster than seems...
What Is a Nakiri? The Japanese Vegetable Knife, Explained
Walk past the vegetable station in any serious kitchen and you'll spot it: a flat, squared-off blade that looks almost like a small cleaver, moving through produce faster than seems...