Kikuichi Gyuto Western Style Chef's Knife
Kikuichi
Western Collection
Western style knives made in Japan feature hard thin
blades which provide some real advantages in knife design. The
hardness of the steel allows these blades to take and maintain a sharper
edge. The thinness of the blades reduces weight so the knife is
lighter and helps reduce fatigue. Also only a small bolster is
required to bring the knife into balance and that makes maintenance of the
edge easier because there is no full bolster in the way like with many
forged European knives. Finally, one can purchase a longer blade
with all the benefits that provides without making the knife heavy and
hard to manipulate.
This series of knives features a sandwich
construction with hard V Gold carbon steel in the interior for sharpness and edge
retention and with stainless steel on the exterior for ease of
maintenance. Handles are a resin impregnated laminated ebony on riveted full tang
construction. If you haven't used a top quality Japanese knife like
these then you are in for a treat. Click
here to learn more about Kikuichi.
Gyuto is Japanese for chef's knife and this model is
available with your choice of 8 1/2, 9 1/2 or 10 1/2
blade. Choose model below:
$159.95
Chefs Outlet |
