Gyuto: A general-purpose knife that most chefs would say they could not do without. This knife is the Japanese knife makers answer to the western chef knife. Gyuto translates to cow blade. They are generally tall at the heel, flat throughout, and rounded toward the tip of the knife for rock chopping. We use our gyuto for just about anything, from butchering certain fish, to brunoise veg, to cutting the cake. Any good chef will tell you to buy a quality Gyuto first, and build the the rest of your knife kit around it.
Knife Specs:
Knife specs are taken from a randomly selected knife. These specs may vary from knife to knife due to the handmade nature of our products.
- Steel: Blue#2
- HRC: 63~64
- Edge Length: 210 mm
- Height at heel: 46.95 mm
- Distal Taper Heel: 2.42 mm
- Distal Taper Mid: 1.91 mm
- Distal Taper Tip: 0.31 mm
- Weight: 144 grams
- Handle: Octagonal Walnut w/Buffalo Horn Collar
- Shape: Gyuto
- Finish: Kurouchi Damascus
- Cladding: Iron
- Construction: San-Mai
- Edge bevel: 50/50
- Knife Line: Hatsukokoro Kurouchi Blue#2
- Blacksmith: N/A
- Maker: Hatsukokoro
- Sharpener: N/A
- Place of Origin: Sanjō, Niigata, Japan