Gyuto 牛刀
The Japanese chef knife: meat, vegetables, herbs, rocking cuts. The one that stays on the board.
- Blade
- 20 cm
- Overall
- 34.5 cm
- Weight
- 220 g
刃 Japanese-style kitchen knives
Japanese damascus knives: gyuto, santoku, nakiri and paring knife
67-layer damascus steel, a 15° edge on each side, a red wood handle. From €49 to €99.
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01 · The blade
A gyuto, in a single stroke.
The Japanese chef knife: meat, vegetables, herbs, rocking cuts. The one that stays on the board.
02 · Damascus steel
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The pattern on the blade is not decoration: it is 67 layers of steel forged together, which you read along the edge like the rings of a tree.
03 · 01 The edge
15° on each side.
A narrow angle, the one Japanese blades use. The edge goes into a tomato without crushing it and holds from one session on the stone to the next.
03 · 02 The hammering
Hammered, not polished.
The hammer facets leave small air pockets under the slice: potato comes away instead of sticking to the blade.
03 · 03 The damascus
The pattern is the material.
The veins are neither engraved nor printed: they are the folded layers of steel, revealed by polishing. No two blades share the same one.
03 · 04 The handle
Red wood, metal bolster.
A dark red wood handle and a metal bolster that closes the joint with the blade. The same design across the whole range.
04 · The range · Gyuto 01 / 04
05 · Going further
The whole range, and what it takes to care for it.
Every knife is sold on its own. The set brings the five blades together.
Gyuto 20 cm
The Japanese knife that does eighty percent of the work.€99View the knife
Santoku 18 cm
Three virtues: meat, fish, vegetable.€89View the knife
Nakiri 17.5 cm
The vegetable knife, cut out for julienne.€89View the knife
Paring knife 9 cm
The small knife you reach for twenty times a day.€49View the knife
Japanese whetstone 1000 / 3000
The Japanese water stone that suits a 15 degree edge.€59View the knife
Five knife set
The whole range, five blades of the same design.€249View the knife
Choosing a Japanese knife
A Japanese knife is defined by three things: a steel harder than European cutlery, an edge ground finer, and a shape built for one precise movement. That is why a Japanese blade enters the skin of a tomato where an ordinary knife skates, and why it keeps that edge for months.
The six references on this page come from one series: a 67 layer forged damascus blade, hammered finish, metal bolster, dark red wooden handle. From one shape to the next only the blade changes, which gives a coherent set rather than a mismatched collection.
The 20 cm gyuto is the Japanese chef knife: it does eighty percent of the work in a kitchen, from onion to roast. The 18 cm santoku cuts straight down, without the rocking motion, and suits anyone working mostly vegetables and fish. The 17.5 cm nakiri, a rectangular blade with no tip, gives the most regular julienne. The 9 cm paring knife is the one you pick up twenty times a day. The 1000 / 3000 water stone maintains all four, and the five knife set brings the range together.
The blades are forged in China in the Japanese style, and we write it on every product page: nothing here should be read as Japanese manufacture. Dispatched within 2 working days, delivered in 10 to 25 days, 9.90 EUR shipping and free over 150 EUR. Returns accepted for 14 days, 30 day commercial guarantee.
06 · Care
Four habits, and the blade lasts.
- 01
By hand
Warm water, a drop of washing-up liquid, the soft side of the sponge. Never the dishwasher.
- 02
Dry it at once
A tea towel, straight away. Damascus does not like drying in the open air.
- 03
The right board
Wood or plastic. No bones, no frozen food, no glass or marble.
- 04
A pass on the stone
1000 grit to restore the edge, 3000 to polish it, every now and then.
Transparency
Japanese style, forged in China.
The blades are forged in China, in the Japanese style, and we say so on every product page. What we promise is in the description: 67-layer damascus, a 15° edge on each side, nothing more.
- Dispatched within 2 working days
- Free delivery over €150
- 14 day returns
- 30 day commercial guarantee