Japanese knives. We’re so accustomed to 15$ kitchen knives that it seems ridiculous to spend 300$ on one, but man, it’s amazing. You definitely need to learn some knife etiquette (Japanese knives are harder and brittle) and how to sharpen them but once you do, it’s amazing.
They are designed to be extremely thin as to slice through ingredients easily and extremely hard to maintain razor sharpness.
If you do buy one, you will probably want stainless for your first one, and AVOID AMAZON. All of the Japanese knives there are completely fake and made in china. I would instead do lots of research and support independent blacksmiths. It’s expensive but most blacksmiths make very little and work out of pride, passion and dedication for their craft.
Japanese knives. We’re so accustomed to 15$ kitchen knives that it seems ridiculous to spend 300$ on one, but man, it’s amazing. You definitely need to learn some knife etiquette (Japanese knives are harder and brittle) and how to sharpen them but once you do, it’s amazing.
They are designed to be extremely thin as to slice through ingredients easily and extremely hard to maintain razor sharpness.
If you do buy one, you will probably want stainless for your first one, and AVOID AMAZON. All of the Japanese knives there are completely fake and made in china. I would instead do lots of research and support independent blacksmiths. It’s expensive but most blacksmiths make very little and work out of pride, passion and dedication for their craft.