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Japanese Knife Makers and Forges: How to Tell Who Made Your Blade
Shop for a Japanese knife and you'll quickly notice it's sold by a name: a maker, a forge, sometimes a single bladesmith. That name carries real weight, but if you're...
Japanese Knife Makers and Forges: How to Tell Who Made Your Blade
Shop for a Japanese knife and you'll quickly notice it's sold by a name: a maker, a forge, sometimes a single bladesmith. That name carries real weight, but if you're...
How to Buy Your First Japanese Knife: A Beginner's Buying Guide
Buying your first Japanese knife should be exciting, but it's easy to get buried before you start. Blade shapes with unfamiliar names, steel charts that read like chemistry homework, prices...
How to Buy Your First Japanese Knife: A Beginner's Buying Guide
Buying your first Japanese knife should be exciting, but it's easy to get buried before you start. Blade shapes with unfamiliar names, steel charts that read like chemistry homework, prices...
How to Care for and Store Your Japanese Knife
A good Japanese knife can last decades, but only if you treat it like the precision tool it is. The same hardness and thin edge that make these knives a...
How to Care for and Store Your Japanese Knife
A good Japanese knife can last decades, but only if you treat it like the precision tool it is. The same hardness and thin edge that make these knives a...
What Is a Petty Knife? The Small Japanese Blade You'll Reach for Constantly
Most people buy a gyuto or a santoku first, and they're right to. But ask a cook which knife they actually pick up the most, and a surprising number will...
What Is a Petty Knife? The Small Japanese Blade You'll Reach for Constantly
Most people buy a gyuto or a santoku first, and they're right to. But ask a cook which knife they actually pick up the most, and a surprising number will...
Knife Sharpening in New Orleans: What to Know Before You Drop Off Your Blades
If you own knives worth keeping sharp, sooner or later you'll search for knife sharpening in New Orleans and wonder who to trust with them. A good edge makes every...
Knife Sharpening in New Orleans: What to Know Before You Drop Off Your Blades
If you own knives worth keeping sharp, sooner or later you'll search for knife sharpening in New Orleans and wonder who to trust with them. A good edge makes every...
Japanese Knife Steel, Explained
Start shopping for a Japanese chef knife and you run headfirst into a chemistry lesson. White steel, blue steel, VG-10, Aogami Super, HAP40, Ginsan. Glance at any listing and it...
Japanese Knife Steel, Explained
Start shopping for a Japanese chef knife and you run headfirst into a chemistry lesson. White steel, blue steel, VG-10, Aogami Super, HAP40, Ginsan. Glance at any listing and it...