{"id":3610,"date":"2022-02-06T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T14:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billscookery.com\/?page_id=3610"},"modified":"2022-02-08T17:06:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T17:06:26","slug":"santuko-knife-japanese-chefs-knife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billscookery.com\/santuko-knife-japanese-chefs-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"Santuko Knife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santoku knives or to give them their full name Santoku bocho knives, which translates as ’three uses’, are ideal for mincing, dicing and slicing<\/strong>, as they feature a straight edge with a narrow sheep’s foot blade. These knives have evolved from the traditional Japanese vegetable knife which has a rectangular blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people are saying it’s a Chef Knife so what’s the difference?. You are completely right but it’s a Japanese Chef’s Knife. Please visit my “Japanese Knife<\/strong><\/a>” page and you will find all the answers about the differences he Traditional style<\/em> <\/strong>Japanese knives and the Western style<\/strong><\/em> Japanese knives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Santoku is thus a western style Japanese Chef’s Knife knife but with different characteristics compared to the western Chef’s Knife. So let me explain to you the differences between a Western Chef’s Knife<\/em><\/strong> – Western Japanese Chef’s Knife<\/em><\/strong> – Traditional style Japanese Chef knife <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Japanese Chef’s Knife <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Western Chef\u2019s Knife features<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n