Santoku knives are great at straight up-and-down chopping. Santokus are lighter-fat and much easier to maneuver—so In the event your santoku research brings you to a hefty and enormous blade, keep searching.Like most other Japanese knives, this one particular is relatively skinny and lightweight, at 171 grams, roughly five to 10 grams heavier in

Something you won't have to be worried about is blade duration: Any with the slot-type sharpeners we tested can take care of a short paring knife or 12-inch chef's knife with equal simplicity.When you are butchering fatty meat, steel handles can become much more slippery than their wooden counterparts. They remain pretty safe, however. Pick the one