The Sakai Takayuki company traces its roots to sword making in Sakai, Japan, nearly 600 years ago. The current version of the company was established in 1946 and has since become one of the largest manufacturers of Japanese knives in the world, with products spanning the entire range of kitchen cutlery. In 1982, Takayuki received the high honor of having their knives designated as Traditional Arts and Crafts.
This 270mm gyuto is made from the highly regarded Bohler N690 stainless steel. The iron used to make this alloy is excavated from the Bohler-Uddeholm company mines and carries an extremely low phosphorus and sulfur content, boasting some of the lowest impurities of any stainless steel and resulting in an alloy regarded as one of the finest in the world. N690 offers exceptional sharpness alongside abrasion and corrosion resistance that holds up over years of service - an essential quality in any busy kitchen. This longer length steps up to a ho wood octagonal handle with a buffalo horn ferrule, a more refined pairing than the standard POM grip found elsewhere in the line.
What Customers Are Saying: One reviewer calls this his new go-to chef knife, having quickly displaced two other chef knives and another gyuto in his rotation. He describes it as lightweight, well balanced, and capable of sailing through both vegetables and meats with ease.
Care Instructions: Bohler N690 is a fully stainless steel - hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher. Sharpen on quality water stones and strop regularly between sharpenings.
This 270mm gyuto is made from the highly regarded Bohler N690 stainless steel. The iron used to make this alloy is excavated from the Bohler-Uddeholm company mines and carries an extremely low phosphorus and sulfur content, boasting some of the lowest impurities of any stainless steel and resulting in an alloy regarded as one of the finest in the world. N690 offers exceptional sharpness alongside abrasion and corrosion resistance that holds up over years of service - an essential quality in any busy kitchen. This longer length steps up to a ho wood octagonal handle with a buffalo horn ferrule, a more refined pairing than the standard POM grip found elsewhere in the line.
What Customers Are Saying: One reviewer calls this his new go-to chef knife, having quickly displaced two other chef knives and another gyuto in his rotation. He describes it as lightweight, well balanced, and capable of sailing through both vegetables and meats with ease.
Care Instructions: Bohler N690 is a fully stainless steel - hand wash and dry after each use. Avoid the dishwasher. Sharpen on quality water stones and strop regularly between sharpenings.
- Brand: Takayuki
- Line: Grand Chef
- Location: Sakai, Japan
- Construction: Mono Steel
- Steel: Bohler N690 Stainless Steel
- HRC: 60
- Handle: Ho Wood Octagonal
- Ferrule: Buffalo Horn
- Weight: 6.3 oz (178 g)
- Blade Length: 273mm
- Total Length: 432mm
- Spine Thickness at Heel: 2mm
- Blade Height: 56mm
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