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Practical Guide Book to Japanese Knives – how to preserve a keen edge
May 2, 2024 Knife SharpeningBrandsHow to
An useful practical gudebook has been published by Sakai Takayuki for professional chefs. You can learn history of Japanese kitchen knives, knowledge of knife types, recent updations of Japanese knives and how to sharpen a knife effectively getting detail & deep alanysis of edge types, suitable sharpening angles for several situation, and parctical sharpening technique …
Sakai Takayuki TENRYU Dragon Engraved Damascus Yanagiba Knives with Red Ebony Handle
June 13, 2022 Damascus KnivesBrandsHow to
The TENRYU series feature beautiful Dragon engraved Damascus blades with a core of Blue Paper (Aogami or Aoko) No.2 Steel, which is made from famous Yasugi steel, known as prime high carbon steel, specifically developed for tools and knives. The beautiful traditional DRAGON pictures on the blade are carefully hand-engraved by the skilled craftsperson …
Japanese Style Kitchen nives are used in French Restaurant?
September 26, 2019 Knife SharpeningHow to
Although western style knives are very popular, Japan has its own unique and amazingly sharp Japanese kitchen knives. The other day, a monthly meeting of cutlery wholesaler mates was held at a French restaurant where a member’s son works as a chef. Both the food and the wine were tasty, and just as everyone was …
How to use Kiritsuke Yanagiba knives for Japanese Sushi
December 13, 2017 Blade StylesHow toJapanese Cuisine
This video tells in exhaustive detail how to use Kiritsuke Yanagiba knives (or a maker calls them “hien”) for Japanese sushi. The Kiritsuke Yanagiba itself has a stylish shape like Japanese sword or Katana, and is very functional to make sushi and sashimi. This time, the stage is a sushi restaurant “SHIMIZU” where a skilled sushi …
How to Slice Sashimi ?
May 16, 2017 TopicsHow toJapanese Cuisine
If you have a Japanese sashimi knife like a yanagiba, please try making more beautiful sashimi for your family, friend or customers. But! Do you know there are several type of sashimi as follows? Hira-dukuri Sogi-dukuri Usu-dukuri Ito-dukuri Matsukawa-dukuri Don’t be scared 🙂 We recommended you to learn how to slice sashimi through the following video. Is the …
How to sharpen Misono UX10 at 70/30 ?
March 12, 2017 Knife SharpeningHow to
Some of Misono knives are Semi-Double-Edged at 70/30 unsymmetrically. A customer gave us a question about that. “I’m very interested in purchasing a Misono UX10 gyuto. My question is how difficult will it be for me to sharpen the 70/30 beveled edge? I have no experience hand-sharpening knives. And if it’s better to have a …
Special Lecture by Sushi Skills Institute
January 2, 2017 How toJapanese Cuisine
Mr. Masayoshi Kazato, the Chairman of Chiba Prefecture Sushi Association held the special lecture of sushi with English text explanation. First, he noticed “There are some important points for Sushi, especially Nigiri-zushi, that is more and more popular in the world. The most important is not the technique of making sushi but the knowledge of …
How to prevent rust on your knife during stock
September 21, 2016 about HochoHow to
It is likely to get rust on the blade made of steel if you do not care for it. Especially most of Japanese traditional style knives are made of carbon steel, that is very sharp but easy to get rust. To prevent rust, you need to do some adequate maintenance. Don’t mind! It is very …
How to sharpen Single-Edged Knives
September 1, 2016 Knife SharpeningHow to
“Single-Edged” blade is the basic form in the traditional Japanese kitchen knives for a long time, that is completely different from that of the traditional Western knives. But, some don’t know how to rightly sharpen a “Single-Edged” knife where the edge has unfortunately gotten chipped, bent and rusted. If you learn how to sharpen, your …
How to remove rust on blade
July 4, 2016 Knife SharpeningHow to
Recently, a customer asked us for the better way of maintenance of Japanese traditional-type kitchen knife.“I used the hocho last night to slice vegetables for dinner. After using, I washed the knife, dried with a paper towel, and let it air dry until this morning.However, I noticed a discoloration on the blade this morning. Is …
Filleting Fugu (Puffer Fish) for Sashimi
June 13, 2016 How to
Fugu (Puffer Fish) sashimi has become one of the most celebrated and notorious dishes in Japanese cuisine.Many Japanese much like the taste and texture of Fugu, so you can find some Fugu-dedicated restaurants in Japan.The restaurant preparation of Fugu is strictly controlled by law in Japan, and only chefs qualified after three or more years …
Point of Sashimi Cutting
June 3, 2016 How to
This video kingly advises us with slow motion how to cut sashimi in the right manner, and we believe you can understand the essential technique very well.If you have any question, request and advice, please feel free to contact us.Thank you and best regards !All the Hocho-Knife staff~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Hocho” represents Made-in-Japan (Sushi / Sashimi) Kitchen Knives,that is …
Basic technique of how to cut vegetables
February 26, 2016 How toJapanese Cuisine
How to cut vegetables is very basic but important for all the chefs.You can review the technique in the following video, where Japanese professional chef tells the better way. Is the article useful for you?If you have any question, request and advice, please feel free to contact us.Thank you and best regards !All the Hocho-Knife staff~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Hocho” represents …
HOW TO EAT SUSHI in the right manner
May 10, 2015 TopicsHow toJapanese Cuisine
Mr.Yasuda, a three-star restaurant chef, explains HOW TO EAT SUSHI in the right manner. Is the article helpful for you? If you have any question, please feel free to contact us. Thank you and best regards ! All the Hocho-Knife staff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Hocho” represents Made-in-Japan (Sushi / Sashimi) Kitchen Knives, that is the …
How to Sharpen a Bread Knife
September 12, 2014 Knife SharpeningHow to
Today, I’m writing an answer for a difficult question — How to re-sharpen a bread knife? Some might recommend to use a stick-type sharpener, but it does not seem easy to sharpen properly all the waves at the knife blade by such a stick… Therefore it is better to use whetstone (flat grinding stone) …
