Santoku Knife Reviews

The santoku knife has become very popular in recent years and therefore recently there have been many santoku knife reviews on the internet and newspapers.  We here at santokuknife.net are here to help you dig through the noise to find you the best knife for your individual needs.

When Rachael Ray used a santoku knife on her show and recommended it as her favorite knife, even she didn’t thought that this Japanese knife style will get so popular in a quick fashion in America. But due to its usefulness and style, many people have considered replacing  the popular chef’s knife in the kitchen with a santoku. You can guess its popularity as many well-known knife manufacturers started to produce copies of it but none became able to touch its feet.

Santoku Knive are used in kitchens in Japan as an all purpose knife as chef’s knife were used in the western kitchen. It is somewhat similar to chef’s knife but has a different shape & shorter and thinner blade and that’s why Santoku Knife requires a different technique. Some of its models have a hollow edge which is for minimizing friction between food and knife surface and made slicing faster. Chopping with it require up-and- down motion of hands rather than rocking. Its blade has a shape like sheepsfoot, and having a curve at the tip of about 60 degree. The blade has also a flat edge and no bolster. Sontoku Knife is little bit shorter than other. This quality also helps in doing delicate work and comfortable for users having smaller hands. But this is obviously not a necessary condition to use it; anyone can use it easily and effectively.

Many reviewers praises it and said that a Santoku knife is a great addition to any cook’s knife collection. Experts chef Masayoshi “Masa” Takayama, say the Shun classic Santoku (Est. $115) is best overall. The recent review of Wall Street Journal awarded it as best Santoku Knife.Wusth of Classical Santoku with hollow Edge (Est. $80) also takes the award for best Value. Contributors to popular selling sites like Amazon.com and Epinions.com include fans of all of these Santoku knives. They put it in Consumer Search Best Reviewed section because it’s selected as the best choice in many consumer reviews.

So in the last we can safely conclude that Santoku knives are a good choice for a general-purpose kitchen knife, which performs in well manner and has a rigorously tested and proven shape and concept. For the new buyers it’s usage might need a little getting used to, but it is well worth buying.