Unlike the Western-style chef’s knives, which count household names Victorinox, Wüsthoff, Zwilling and others in their ranks, the Japanese chef knife establishment is less obvious to Western shoppers.

I, like the professionals, love a good knife. A well-constructed knife with an edge sharp enough to get the job done is one of the only true kitchen essentials, as every chef and cookbook from Gwyneth ...

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Each kitchen knife serves a distinct purpose. Paring knives and boning knives are used to achieve very different ends, as are bread knives and steak knives. But beyond silhouette, the steel from which ...

"What I look for is the angle of the blade and the steel it's made from," Shadi Issawy, who helms London's Mediterranean eatery Claro, says of his favorite buys ...

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Talk to chefs about the knives they love and they’ll tell you about Japanese ones. Usually, they’re talking specifically about Korin. The New York store that launched a cult fandom for Japanese knives ...

I use my Shun paring knife daily for cooking tasks big and small. Shop this popular Japanese knife brand and six others at Amazon, from $9.