Japanese chef knives are made with the most excellent steel materials that are found there. These have been growing in popularity with professional chefs who want to increase the excellence of the foodstuff they provide in terms of uniformity of cutting, swiftness and sharpness.

Nowadays, those who are aware of this piece of information, choose to buy Japanese chef knives as an alternative to expensive European knives in order to take their cooking to a “professional” level.

Since the time Food Network started screening professional chefs producing dishes of the best possible quality, housewives as well as businessmen are yearning to achieve the same outcome as that of chefs who are professional.

However, professional hand made knives nowadays have a price tag of more than 100 dollars a piece, in a full set of 5 or 6 knives. That amounts to around 500 to 600 dollars. However the best class of Japanese hand crafted chef knives used in restaurants and hotels in the whole world costs around 68 to 80 dollars per piece, along with fine quality as well as durability.

Some good quality Japanese chef knives that are a must in any kitchen are:

Paring knife are useful in all kinds of kitchen cutting work like deseeding jalapenos, de-veining shrimps or cutting small morsels of garnish. It is very light as well as easy to use. Its length is 180 mm, while the thickness of blade is 1.5 mm and weight is 55 gm.

Petty knife: this knife is handy in slicing soft and lightweight vegetables like onions, string beans and any other vegetables that are medium in size. Its length is 225 to 260 mm, while the thickness of blade is 1.5 mm and weight is between 70 to 80 gm.

Boning knife: used mainly for boning fish, meat and poultry. It is pointed with a narrow blade. It is 275 mm long, blade thickness is 3 mm and weight is 190 gm. Using this knife is easy especially where extreme delicacy in maneuvering is required.

Santoku knife: this is a general all purpose knife and can be used to cut bigger vegetables like cabbage, potatoes and pumpkins. It can slice, cut, dice and mince in minutes.

Originally chef knife made in Japan was crafted from carbon steel. The expensive knives have the same quality that contains an inner core of brittle and hard carbon steel along with a substantial layer of ductile and soft steel sandwiched all around the central part so that the steel (hard) is only exposed at the edge which is used to cut.

Nowadays stainless steel is used to manufacture Japanese knives, and blade construction using san mai laminate is only used in the more expensive knives so that it is corrosion resistant while maintaining durability and strength.

These knives can be bought online at shunknives.org. Shun stainless steel chef knife cost $114.95.

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