HexClad Essential Knife Set, 6-Piece, Japanese Damascus Stainless Steel Blades, Full Tang Construction, Pakkawood Handles

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This important piece of the knife provides an added measure of safety as it creates a raised area between the blade and the handle. Along with helping keep the fingers from slipping down onto the blade, the bolster also helps balance and stabilize the knife with additional weight. The Butt With chopping, your pieces don’t have to be perfectly neat and even, which takes off some of the pressure. When a recipe calls for chopped ingredients, you’ll want to cut your ingredient into pieces that are roughly the same size, but you don’t need to worry much about their shape or minor inconsistencies. Safety should be the number one priority for any chef. After all, how can you cook that killer meal if you’re tending to a wounded thumb?

Chopping can feel like a chore, but with the right knife and solid technique, you’ll be a pro in no time.

At HexClad, we forge our knives from 67 layers of high-quality Japanese Damascus steel, providing you with a hard blade and sharp edge for all of your slicing and dicing needs. All of our knives feature a full-tang construction to provide superior balance and control. Your dominant hand holds the handle, but your other hand has a vital role, too: It can support, stabilize, and maneuver the ingredient you’re cutting. The Claw Grip

Learning essential knife skills can help you feel more confident and comfortable in the kitchen — and save you time. First, you’ll cut the onion in half from the stem tip to the bottom root. Peel the onion half, and place it on the cutting board with the flat side down. Rest your fingertips on top of the onion with your helping hand, and use the other hand to cut horizontal slices that start towards the stem and head toward the root end. The stainless steel that German knives are forged from typically has a high chromium content, which helps lower the risk of chipping or rusting. The chromium layer provides a protective barrier, and the softness provides more flexibility to reduce breakage. Tomato knives are made to avoid that mess, as their sharp and serrated edge can cut cleanly through the skin without squashing the soft inside. The tang is the part of the blade that connects to the handle. This unsharpened piece of the blade can go all the way to the end of the handle (“full tang”) or extend only partway into the handle (“partial tang”). Full tangs tend to provide more stability and strength, as they help balance and distribute weight throughout the knife. The HandleThere is no shortage of types of knives available, and knowing which one to use for which task can help simplify the cutting process. A paring knife is great to have for delicate close-up work like peeling, deseeding, and trimming. These lightweight knives are shorter and should be used with smaller, more tender fruits and vegetables such as strawberries or ginger. They’re also ideal for deveining shrimp. This is the sharp side of the blade that does the cutting (and the side you don’t want to get your fingers too close to)! The edge of a knife can be serrated or straight. The Spine

In fact, properly learning essential knife skills and cutting techniques will protect your fingers and help keep you safe while helping you breeze through prep work more efficiently. Knowing your chops (pun intended) will save you time and energy so that you can fully dive into your kitchen concoctions. These sharp, sleek, and sturdy kitchen workhorses don’t just make prep work look good. They ensure it feels good, too. If your goal is slicing smoothly through juicy fruits or cutting meat off the bone, a thin and sharp Japanese knife will be your best friend. These lightweight knives are easy to handle and offer unmatched precision and control. Which Knife Is Harder? Using a knife is a must for almost all recipes and dishes, whether you are chopping veggies, dicing an onion, breaking into a butternut squash or watermelon, or slicing meat.The blade of your knife is the part you use for cutting. The point, tip, edge, spine, and heel of a knife are all parts of the blade. The Edge Stainless steel blades are quite common, as they are durable and don’t typically rust or corrode. Stainless steel blades are made with carbon and iron, while chromium is added to give the blade its stain-repellent finish. Whether you are shopping for a friend or yourself, it's essential to do your research before buying kitchen knives. We hope this guide helps you with what to look out for, so you can give a gift that’s sure to make an impact. Forged knives are forged from a single piece of metal. The metal is hammered into the desired shape, which is then ground and honed to give it its edge. Once it is shaped and honed, the handle is added. Scalloped edge knives are particularly useful when working with clingy ingredients such as raw fish or certain vegetables. You’ll see Granton edges on santoku knives and salmon knives. Hollow Ground Edge

Knives with straight edges are the kind you’ll see most often. Also known as a flat ground edge, these edges are smooth and can slice smoothly through soft and hard ingredients alike. Chef’s knives, paring knives, and utility knives all feature straight edge blades. Serrated Edge Remember the periodic table of elements you had to memorize in chemistry class? Steel contains two of those elements: iron and carbon. Carbon content is what makes steel harder, and so the more carbon included, the harder the steel is.

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Because carbon is lighter than iron, Japanese knives are more lightweight than German knives. The lightness of Japanese knives makes them easy to use and handle, providing more control for delicate cutting and artistic displays. The layers of Damascus steel create an awe-inspiring wave pattern along the blade, while the handles are crafted with striking forest green pakkawood to complement any kitchen. Along with effortlessly slicing bread and breaking it into hard-crusted loaves and baguettes, a bread knife can also make light work of cutting tomatoes, sponge cakes, apples, or bell peppers. Cleaver