Blade Styles
Double-edged v.s. Single-edged Kitchen Knives
October 26, 2014 Knife SharpeningBlade Styles
Some customers asked us, “what is Double-edged and Single-edged blade?” The general answer for the kitchen knives is as follows, Double edged — sharpened on both left and right side of the blade *mostly for left-and-right handed *sharpening balance ….. mostly 50:50, sometimes 60:40 Single edged — sharpened on just one side of the blade surface *for left …
Stylish Damascus Blades
April 11, 2014 Damascus KnivesBlade Styles
I’d like to introduce some stylish Damascus blades. (1) 33-Layer Damascus & Hammered Design (Brand : Sakai Takayuki) (2) 63-Layer Damascus Blade (Brand : Tojiro) (3) 101-Layer Damascus Blade (Brand : Yaxell) Did you find your favorite one ? Of course, there are many Damascus Knives other than the above. Visit the Hocho-Knife online shop …
Sword Style Japanese Knife
February 3, 2014 TopicsBlade Styles
Today, I’d like introduce you, a discriminating customer, who are looking for a SWORD Style Cool Japanese Knife. http://www.hocho-knife.com/sakai-takayuki-17-layer-damascus-kiritsuke-yanagiba-sashimi-300mm/ The 17-layer Damascus Kiritsuke YANAGIBA(SASHIMI) Knives are crafted out of a 17 layer VG10 damascus steel. These knives have a seriously sharp edge, extremely hard (HRC: 60), excellent edge retention and a light center balanced feel. Its …
Blade Styles — (3)Japanese Style Knives
August 25, 2013 Types & Purposesabout HochoBlade Styles
Originally, all Japanese kitchen knives were made from the carbon steel as Samurai swords (katana). More expensive multi-layer (more than three-layer) knives have a similar quality, containing an inner core of hard and brittle carbon steel, with a thick layer of soft and more ductile steel sandwiched around the core so that the hard steel …
Blade Styles — (2)Western Style Knives
August 23, 2013 Types & Purposesabout HochoBlade Styles
In Japan, Western-style knives were developed to meet the needs of Japanese chefs preparing non-Japanese cuisine. Today, Japanese knife makers are engineering new advanced manufacturing processes such as ‘sub-zero tempering’ and premium trademark-formulated knife steels to produce exceptional Western-style knives. However, what really sets Western-style knives from Japan apart from the typical Western-style knives is …
Blade Styles — (1) Western versus Japanese
August 21, 2013 about HochoBlade Styles
Most knife manufacturers in Japan have both the Japanese-style knives and Western-style knives. There are lots of Japanese knives with Western-style handles or blades or both, pretty much any maker in Japan has several knives in Western-style and vice versa, most of all the major knife manufacturers in Europe and US make several Japanese influenced …
