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Before you got into knives, I am sure you thought a knife was just a knife! As you expand your knowledge on knives, the types of knives, and their different purposes, you discover that the knife world is not as simple as you first thought. Bevels are another aspect of knives that not many people …

Sharpening stones are the favored method of sharpening many kinds of knives. Kitchen knives, especially Japanese kitchen knives, are most commonly sharpened on sharpening stones. The stones require a certain skill level to be attained to use them effectively. But once this skill has been acquired, it gives a greater measure of control over the …

Knives can become an obsession for many people, and for those of us in the West, the topic of Japanese style knives is a fascinating and interesting topic. The Japanese seem to have a style of knife for every activity under the sun, and the funayuki and the gyuto are two such knives of Japanese …

Japanese-style knives are a fascinating topic, and there seems to be a knife that is purpose-designed for every task in the household, which brings us to the honesuki and the hankotsu knives. Both these knife styles are for processing meat, so what are the differences between the honesuki and the hankotsu knives? The honesuki is …

Knife sharpening is a cause for many controversies and results in much debate among knife makers and knife owners about sharpening methods and tools. Everybody has their own preferred method and tools that they would recommend over others. There is no sharpening method that causes more debate than stone sharpening, and in this category, the …

Japanese knife makers have a knife design for every function in the kitchen. A Set of Japanese kitchen knives could have in excess of 10 knives, each with its own function and purpose. The santoku and the funayuki are two such Japanese design knives of similar size. So what is the difference between a santoku …