Guide
Gyuto vs Santoku vs Nakiri: Which Japanese Knife Shape Fits Your Cooking?
Gyuto, santoku or nakiri? How each Japanese blade shape cuts, who it suits, and which Yotsuba sets include an 8" chef, 7" santoku or 7" nakiri.
Guides, reviews and comparisons to find your Yotsuba set.
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Guide
Gyuto, santoku or nakiri? How each Japanese blade shape cuts, who it suits, and which Yotsuba sets include an 8" chef, 7" santoku or 7" nakiri.
Buying guide
Match blades to what your kitchen is missing, from Damascus hardness and rosewood handles to storage and 10–12" BBQ lengths.
Review
Damascus at ~62 HRC or rosewood Milano at ~56 Rockwell, plus brisket carvers and the YKS-9 sharpener—the whole range on one page.
Review
For first kitchens and steak-night hosts: chef, bread, nakiri, santoku, six 4.5" steak knives and a built-in sharpener in the wooden base.
Review
A gift-boxed chef, nakiri and utility trio in 67-layer steel around 62 HRC—ideal if you already own bread and steak knives.
Comparison
Buying for a cook who loves patterned ~62 HRC steel, or stocking a bare kitchen that needs steak and bread knives?