What is the most famous kitchen knife in Japan?
2. Xiaoxing (Xiaoxing's kitchen knife is richer and more systematic).
3. Zhenjiuzuo (Zhenjiuzuo kitchen knife is designed and produced in Japan, and its popularity is far lower than other brands, but it has won wide acclaim from professionals).
4. Yaser (Yaser is also the world's leading brand of kitchen knives)
5. Tojiro, Tojiro (Tojiro's kitchen knife sales rank in the top five in Japan)
6. Global Ji You (Ji You is a famous Japanese tool brand)
1. Kay Yin Bei/Japanese kitchen knife
Yin Bei is the world's most famous brand of Japanese kitchen knives and the largest tool manufacturer in Japan. Established in 1908. Its birthplace, "Japan Knife Capital", as a city for processing knives in Japan, is also the largest OEM area for knives in Japan and even Asia. The name of the traditional kitchen knife brand "Guansunliu" under Yin Beiqi is closely related to "Guanshi".
Guansunliu is mainly sold in Japan, and the products made by VG 10 can be bought at the first price in 600 yuan, and its performance has reached the level of the ten-day classic series, with high cost performance. In the domestic market, Guan Sunliu also has many SK series Chinese kitchen knives to choose from. Most of them use 400 series martensitic stainless steel, and the price is between 300-400 yuan.
Ten days is a high-end brand in Yin Bei for European and American markets, which is very popular in China. The price is generally above 1000 yuan, and it has won the BLADEMAG Best Chopper Award for many years in a row. Classic series is an entry-level product, among which DM-0706 kitchen knife is recommended by American Consumer Report. DM-07 18 with the same comprehensive function costs 1264 yuan, so it is a good choice to experience Japanese kitchen knife. In addition, the classic series also has Chinese kitchen knife products, such as DM-07 1359 yuan.
Classic, Premier series kitchen knives use 16 degree manual cutting edge, which is much sharper than German kitchen knives with 20 degree cutting edge. In addition, in order to solve the problem of low toughness of Japanese kitchen knives, the core VGMAX steel is wrapped with 33-layer Damascus steel technology, which has obvious optimization in flexibility and rust resistance, but it still cannot be used for cutting hard objects and dishwashing. The higher-end options are RESERVE, Fuji and Sun series, which are made of SG2 powder steel with carbon content of 1.5%. Among them, the Rockwell hardness of Reserve series slicing knives with a price of 2780 yuan reaches 64, while Fuji series has top-grade 16 1 layer copper-nickel alloy Damascus raindrops. In addition to a higher face value, you don't have to worry about adhesion when cutting vegetables.
Despite the use of Damascus steel, sharpening and rust prevention are still the fundamental reasons for Japanese kitchen knives. In addition to improving the use skills, you may need to spend more time maintaining and sharpening the knife. Japanese kitchen knives like Yin Bei are generally suitable for people with certain experience. In addition, if you use an ordinary wooden chopping board, there will be wood residue, and the bamboo chopping board will be too hard and hurt the knife. Therefore, it is suggested that Japanese kitchen knives should be used with hard silicone chopping boards, and the particles on the surface of silicone chopping boards are also conducive to fixing greasy ingredients.
2. Xiaoxing/Japanese kitchen knife
Guanshi is the city where Japanese knives are processed, while Sakai is the heart of Japanese hand-made kitchen knives, where more than 80% of Japanese professional chefs use knives. Sakai has been making handmade kitchen knives for 600 years. Generally, manual kitchen knife practitioners can only take orders after 30 years in the business. After the double inspection and certification by the industry and the government, the quality of hand-made kitchen knives ranks first in Japan. Although Xiaoxing is a relatively new brand, it integrates many local knife maker resources and marketizes hand-made kitchen knives. Xiaoxing is the comprehensive embodiment of Bengbu manual knife level.
Compared with the original Japanese hand-made kitchen knives, "Xiaoxing" has more kinds of knives and is more systematic. In addition to the traditional Japanese kitchen knives, its product line is also rich in western-style kitchen knives and Chinese kitchen knives, and the price is also 20%-30% lower. Among them, VG 10 steel 180mm Sander adopts 33 layers of Damascus steel, and the price is around 700 yuan. Ingenuity series "Ink Flow" adopts SG2 powder steel and 67-layer Damascus steel, and the price is about 1.200 yuan, which is relatively worry-free. In the middle and high-end tools, Xiaoxing generally provides engraving service, and the price of KINOMOTO SAKURA series with high carbon steel is obviously increased. For example, the price of the ox knife of Qing 2 steel is about 2000 yuan, but it needs timely maintenance and rust prevention. Based on this problem, the improved version adopts Hitachi stainless high carbon steel "Yin San Steel", the price is about 2,500 yuan, and the Rockwell hardness is 60HRC. Not easy to rust, relatively easier to maintain.