Product Description Bunmei 1801/105 The Deba knife is the equivalent to a Japanese butcher's knife. The 4 Deba Knife is truly an all-around useful cutlery piece in your kitchen. This small deba is unusual, and is very nice for fruits and vegetable work. With a one-sided edge grind and slightly curved cutting face, this knife features all the traditional concepts you've come to expect from Bunmei. Features: -Bunmei knives date back approximately 150 years. -Handmade quality. -The reason for the one-sided edge on the Bunmei knife is too improve sharpness. Specifications: -Material of Knife: Blade made of high-tech molybdenum/vanadium stainless steel. -Material of Handle: Bamboo. -Dimensions: 4" D. -Cleaning Care: hand-wash . Cleaning Information! Sharpening Information! User Guide! More Information on Bunmei Knives: Bunmei knives are produced by the same manufacturer that produces Global knives, Yoshikin. Bunmei knives do not represent a recent innovation so much as they represent an innovation from another time. Bunmei knives are traditional Japanese knives. This style of knife dates back approximately 150 years. The features and various shapes of traditional Japanese knives were greatly influenced by Japanese cuisine. Today, Japanese professional chefs still use this style of knife. In the United States, more and more of the top chefs are using traditional Japanese knives like Bunmei. The major difference between traditional Japanese knives and the more familiar western style of knives is obvious at a glance. Traditional Japanese knives are sharpened with a one half to three quarter inch bevel on just one side. In almost all cases, western knives are sharpened with a one thirty second to one sixteenth inch bevel on both sides. The reason for the one-sided edge on the Bunmei knife is too improve sharpness. The large beveled one-sided edge is much thinner than a two-sided edge. It may help you to visualize this in your mind if you think of a one-sided knife as a knife sharpened on both
Customer Reviews:
Great steel and balanced in the handOctober 17, 2008 The knife just has fantastic steel and will take and keep an edge. The blade is wide enough to keep my knuckles off the cutting board, which I like. Am a knife guy and do most of the cooking at our house. Have had other deba style knives, but none with the steel of this brand. I love the one side taper on this style knife as it kicks away the last slice making room on the knife for the next. Having said that, it took a call to a knife shop for me to learn how to get a shaving edge with the one side taper. Now that have learned the trick it's no problem (I use ceramic to hone that edge). Personally, I do most of my kitchen chores now with this knife.
