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A knife is a chefs most important instrument.

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## Care
- [Taking care of wooden knife handles](/notes/taking-care-of-wooden-knife-handles)
- [Knife sharpening](/notes/knife-sharpening)

## Types

*Ranked by interest level*

| type | owned | impression |
| ----------- | ----------- |  ------- |
| Santoku | ✅ | Good all around knife particular good for chopping veggies |
| [[Deba]] | ✅ | Fish butchery knife |
| [[Honesuki]] | | Strong knife good for breaking down meats  |
| Yanagi | | |
| Petty | | Detail work |
| Gyuto | | Chefs knife |
| Nakiri | | Veggie chopper |
| Sujihiki? | | |
| Sashimi | ✅ | Slicing raw fish or long cuts of meat |

Random recommendation

https://www.hocho-knife.com/yaxell-gou-101-layers-sg2-damascus-chef-knife-gyuto-200mm/

dude did not sharpen it himself though

Brands:
- [Japanese Knife Brands](/notes/japanese-knife-brands)

## Current Wishlist:

TOSA BLACK AOGAMI ALLZWECKMESSER 15 CM
I think it fits nicely with what I already have and would let me test out carbon steel without investing in a larger knife.
https://www.messer-holdorf.de/tosa-black-aogami-allzweckmesser-15-cm.html

## Stores

- https://www.messer-holdorf.de
- https://www.japaneseknives.eu

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