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If you’re a Japanese cuisine guru, a lover of sashimi, and someone who knows literally every single thing about Japanese food, then you’re probably keen of the knowledge in regards to how important Japanese chefs consider the mastery of knife-using skills. Japanese knives are essential equipment required to master all the Japanese dishes, especially when it comes to ‘Sushi’. Known as the most popular Japanese dish the entire world knows of, sushi is a special dish that needs ‘understanding’ in order to beautifully craft it and turn it into delicate pieces of bite-sized, vinegar mixed Japanese rice topped with numerous raw ingredients. With this being the concept of Japanese food – being intricate and at the same instance, subtle in taste, people from different parts of the globe truly fall deeply in love with sushi. Japanese food lovers would often jump from one restaurant to another in search for new, unique flavors the blends and the combination of raw ingredients could surprise them.
When it comes to crafting of delicious sushi dishes, everyone knows the importance of knife skills required to master all Nigiri menus and signature dishes that showcase the authentic Japanese culture through the vivid colors of ingredients and the exotic flavors that linger in our mouths. To perfectly make good sushi, a chef needs to be able to master the skills of slicing, cutting, and chopping ingredients. Japanese knives are then highly critical – specifically the selection of fine quality ones made of top-notch materials. Although there are a plenty of Japanese knife brands out there, Sakai Takayuki is definitely one of the premium Japanese knife brands that has forged thousands of quality blades.
Kengata-Gyuto Knife
Among the top-notch knives Sakai Takayuki has forged to provide professionals with quality materials, handles, and balance, the ‘Sakai Takayuki Aogami Super Kurouchi Hammered WA Japanese Chef’s Kengata-Gyuto Knife’ is among the top, fine quality knife specially forged to craft delicate sushi pieces. This knife series feature the elegant black Kurouchi Tsuchime texture finishes along with an Aogami super steel core combined with refined edge and extreme hardness of approximately 65 HRC – which contributes to the excellent edge retention needed to keep the knife in good condition.
The manufacturer of the ‘Sakai Takayuki Aogami Super Kurouchi Hammered WA Japanese Chef’s Kengata-Gyuto Knife’ is Aoki Hamono. The knife’s Blue Paper Super steel core and its hardness of HRC : C (hardness on the Rockwell scale) are the two main points that make this specific knife a big hit among professionals. Furthermore, the handle is made out of Japanese Zelkova with Mahogany Bolster, even pushing its popularity off the charts. The ‘Sakai Takayuki Aogami Super Kurouchi Hammered WA Japanese Chef’s Kengata-Gyuto Knife’ is also a double edged Gyuto knife (50/50) which enables users, both left and right handed, to simply utilize the knife with efficiency. The blade length is of 190 mm or of 7.5 inches, while the total length of the knife stretches up to 345 mm or 13.6 inches; the weight of the knife itself is of 150 grams.
The ‘Sakai Takayuki Aogami Super Kurouchi Hammered WA Japanese Chef’s Kengata-Gyuto Knife’ is a multi-purpose knife which can be used to master the skills like Katsuramuki or Sengiri. Whether it is to cut cucumber, celery, and other veggies or slice raw ingredients like Salmon or Tuna, this knife will help you to perform all the tasks with ease. All sharpened and new out of the box, the ‘Sakai Takayuki Aogami Super Kurouchi Hammered WA Japanese Chef’s Kengata-Gyuto Knife’ is indeed a great addition to your Japanese knife collection and also a great knife to master the sushi-making skills just at home.