Japanese Knives

Japanese kitchen knives are perhaps more diverse in design, aesthetic style, and materials than any other knife-making tradition in the world. Knives vary from being adaptable multipurpose designs like gyutos and santokus to highly specialized designs like yanagibas and debas. Production techniques vary widely too; there are mass-produced knives that would not be unfamiliar to most western users and rustic, characterful knives made entirely by hand.