Which is better Japanese Knives or German and French Knives.Probably we will never know which is better but they are different and the main difference between these knives is the blade.
There are stylistic differences in a standard western style chef’s knife compared to a standard Japanese all purpose knife. It’s in the edge of the blade.
This is also referred to as the 90/10 edge.
Most western blades are 50/50, or equal in angles from the right side and left.
Japanese blades are sharpened only on one side and therefore this leaves a tremendously thin and sharp edge to the blade.
Which one do you think is better, western or Japanese Knives
March 3, 2008 at 5:29 pm
they are both great blades in my opinion.
March 3, 2008 at 5:56 pm
i know i heard great things about german knives
April 14, 2008 at 12:59 am
i personaly like Japanese knives compared to German knives. for one thing they are sharper than a german knife. in my opinion this in turn makes them stay sharper longer because insted of dullying every time that they hip something like a bone they have an easer time cutting through the bone in turn using less pressure and applying less forse to dull. the only down sides that i have come across is that not all stores carry a sharpener for a Japanese knife (u NEVER want to put a Japanese knife through a regular sharpner) and the knife will ware away faster from being sharpened, but if u have a chance to go to a china town and look around u can find some pretty amazing deals on knives like a chinese cleaver can be baught for under 5 dolars.
i hope this helped