Chinese Chef's Knife
About engraving
If you wish to have your name engraved, we cannot accept requests for specific dates and times.
We will engrave the text as you enter it.
If you would like to translate in Japanese, please add an order note at the cart page.
Please read about engraving at the bottom of the page.
Overview
Standard knife for Chinese cooking
Chinese knives are characterized by their large, square blades and wide blade shape, which make it easy to pick up and carry food and provide a stable cutting feel.
The wide blade width is also useful for crushing and pounding food, and its wide range of use for vegetables, meat, and fish is a unique appeal of Chinese knives.
The wide blade is useful for crushing and pounding foodstuffs.
For boned meat, fish, and chopping: #3
For all-purpose use including vegetables, meat, poultry, and fish: #2 and #7
Vegetables, meat, soft food for appetizers: #1, #6, small size
Carefully manufactured Chinese knives
It features a solidly forged structure with steel sandwiched between soft iron.
More than one-third of the steel is used from the cutting edge. The thickness of the steel is gradually reduced to produce a carefully sharpened finish.
Another feature of this knife is that it is easy to sharpen by placing about one-third of the cutting edge on the whetstone.
Shiroshi 2 for long-lasting sharpness and ease of sharpening
The steel material balances ease of sharpening and long-lasting sharpness.
This series has good sharpness because the blades are sharpened thin and clean by the high skill of craftsmen.
Steel tends to rust easily because it is made of steel, but compared to stainless steel, it has good sharpness and is easy to sharpen.
Spec
Details
Specification
- Size
- Small: Length 298 x 115mm / Blade length 192mm
#1: Length 330 x 100mm / Blade length 227mm
#2: Overall length 332 x 98mm / Blade length 227mm
#3: Overall length 225 x 95mm / Blade length 227mm
#6: Overall length 323 x 115mm / Blade length 220mm
#7: Length 323 x 115mm / Blade length 220mm - weight
- Small size: 360g
#1: 380g
#2: 480g
#3: 600g
#6: 450g
#7: 550g
*The weight may vary slightly due to individual differences. - Knife bevel
- double-edged bevel
- Dominant hand
- For right handedness
- Manufacturing process
- Forged
- Blade structure
- 3 layers
- Blacksmith
- ー
- Sharpener
- ー
- Material
- Blade = Carbon steel (Shirogami No.2)
Handle = Small, #1, #2, #3: white ash, #6, #7: zelkova
Precautions
- Steel is a water-sensitive material that rusts very easily. Please remove all water with a cloth or the like during cooking.
- Be sure to read the enclosed instruction manual before use.
- Please read the enclosed instruction manual before use.
- When crushing garlic or other garlic cloves, do not strike the wide side of the knife against the cutting board, but use the back of your hand to crush the garlic.
Engraving
A nice touch just for you.
Kamasa Shoten will inscribe your knives with your name. Please select the location of the inscription from the variations and enter the desired inscription.
- Please see below for the naming style of these knives.
- Delivery date and time cannot be specified.
- We will ship 1 week to 10 days after the order date.
- We will inscribe the text and language as you enter it.
- For written English, we recommend capital letters at the beginning.
- Engraving on blade(A or C)
Japanese and katakana notation / Cursive alphabetWithin 10 letters / Within 20 letters -
FAQ
Yes, but for online orders, we offer a free engraving service for knives only. Please select the desired engraving option, enter text and add the knife to cart. Engraving for products other than knives is only available at our physical store at Kappabashi, Tokyo.
Most of the chipping can be repaired by re-sharpening the blade. We offer a fee-based knife sharpening service. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask us using the inquiry form. Blades can chip by cutting hard ingredients such as bones, seeds or frozen food, dropping and mishandling, or stabbing into hard cutting boards.
All knives we handle can be repaired with the exception of knives that are severely damaged. Repairing chipping and removing rust will restore sharpness and allow you to use your knives for a longer period of time. We also offer a fee-based knife sharpening service.
Please note we may not be able to repair knives with unknown blade materials, such as knives purchased at other stores.
