Seki Magoroku Imayo Vegetable Cleaver 18cmThe Imayo Vegetable Cleaver, like the Santoku knife, is an all purpose knife with a large squared blade that can be used for boneless proteins and vegetables. The Imayo Vegetable Cleaver is not for use on joints or bones. Please see the Imayo Meat Cleaver for this purpose. The tsuchime, or hammered finish, creates air pockets that help food release from the blade.

pointed blade well suited for precise tasks such as trimming and peeling fruit and vegetables

and chopping off the head and bones of fish

Even though this is a larger knife

After sharpening with a medium grit stone and finishing with a fine grit stone

it’s this one

The Shun Premier 18cm Santoku is a beautiful

Whetstone type: Fine

The tapered

even slices

too—almost like a large paring knife

It has a slightly concave edge on one side and exceptionally sharp edge on the other

Compact tongs useful for food preparation and self-service at the table