How to Use A Kiritsuke - Japanese Kitchen Knife Skills
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2024
- The kiritsuke is a super handy multipurpose Japanese knife to have in your kitchen. It's got enough rock to cut meat, but often has a flat back edge in order to easily mince your parsley and green onions. The kiritsuke is an ultra-versatile knife, but having some good knife skills really makes the difference! Former chef Mike is here to show you how to use a kiritsuke like a pro.
NOTE: Today we're talking about the version of the kiritsuke that's essentially a flatter-bellied gyuto, not it's single-beveled cousin. Let us know if you'd like to hear more about the single bevel kiritsuke!
Mike is using the Masashi Shiroshu Kiritsuke 210mm: knifewear.com/products/masash...
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Horizontal Cucumbers
2:26 The Mighty Onion
4:51 The Mighty (Spring) Onion
8:05 The Pepper Roll
12:20 Prepping Fennel
16:40 The Parsley Mince
18:54 Ring the Bell
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Great tips, I thought there wasn't much more to learn about knife skills, turns out there is! Loved it
Thanks for watching!
A kiritsuke is my go-to knife
BTW, great job with the background music
Such a great video. I came here to simply learn more about Kiritsuke knives and I walked away with a bunch of great, useful tips to better cut with any knife. I will probably use that onion technique till the day I die. Bravo!
That's great news, thank you!
Thanks for This Great Videos ❤
Our pleasure!
Another great video, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@KnifewearKnives I enjoyed it while making a salad using a sweet bunka that I had obtained from Knifewear recently. 😜
Beautiful blade. Would be ideal in a professional kitchen. Thanks for the video. Great cutting technique too
Thanks for watching!
Your ability to communicate concepts to improve our cutting skills are outstanding. The benefits of this knife design are well explained.
- I am interested in your thoughts on the value equations of various elements of knife blade & knife handle design elements.
- Are there knife blade or handle design elements you find less than optimal, any areas of knife design where real improvements would be appreciated ?
Great videos. Thanks))
Thank you!
I definitely need a nice Kiritsuke and Gyuzo quality set of Japanese knives.
Almost ready to buy myself one of these knives. so professional and sophisticated. I've heard too in restaurants in Japan by tradition it's ONLY the executive chef that has the Kiritsuke
Good question! We've heard this too, but our Japanese colleagues have confirmed this is a myth.
I just got a kiritsuke. Really excited to use it at work. Also, I used to have to medium dice 5 gallons of holy trinity once or twice a week, and that's exactly how I did my bell peppers, and my chef LOVED how nice my diced bell pepper were coming out.
Respect the holy trinity!
Im looking at a modified Kiritsuke. 15 cm, slight curve to the edge, to use as my high-end Santoku. Thanks for the tips, reminders, and examples of cutting, slicing using one !
Glad I could help!
Love this. Gotta remember, tool not jewel
This was great, thank you! I was kind of intimidated by the idea of a kiritsuki knife, hearing that even in professional
Japanese kitchens, only the top chefs are allowed to use them…. I have been struggling for a month now, trying to decide which knives to go with as it is time to replace our “arsenal” for two busy home cooks.
One thing I got a kick out of was your explanation of using the root of the onion to keep things together while you slice, while I swear you cut off the root and stem just seconds prior… ;)
Anyway, great video. It inspired me to make a side dish of fennel tonight. Cheers!
Hey, glad you enjoyed it! We've heard that story about the kiritsuke being for top chefs. After confirming with a few experts, it turns out to be a myth!
Mike is cool AF actually him & Naoto are my favorite at knifewear! Masashi Yamamoto is awesome too however not sure if I’d like this Shiroshu would have to hold it see in RL
Thanks! Once you pick one up they hard hard to put down.
Hey, great great video !
Love the knife and the explanation. Something bugs me tho, you said in the video description that it is a 210mm however on the website it looks like a 240mm because of the handle color. are you aware of a possible change of color of the handle for the 210mm ?
Thanks in advance !
Hey, my bad, that Masashi is absolutely a 240mm!
What is the cutting board you are using, please?
That thing is awesome!
Love the knife too. LOL
It's an amazing board! It's this guy:
knifewear.com/products/larch-wood-end-grain-cutting-board
This is the knife:
knifewear.com/products/masashi-sld-damascus-kiritsuke-210mm
“cook'em something great-tell'em to shut it”: now that's a very useful piece of advice! The whole video is great, thanks guys!
Words to live by.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Where to get a cutting board like that ? It’s giant. I want.
Right here!
knifewear.com/products/larch-wood-end-grain-cutting-board?variant=12315280516
@@KnifewearKnives thanks! It’s a great look
Hi there. What’s the difference between this knife and a bunka?
Hi! The short answer is length.The bunka likes to hang out around the 165-180mm area, whereas the Kiritsuke tends to start around 190-210mm and goes up from there.
Bunka is typically shorter and has a blade profile similar to that of a santoku.
What brand and model is that knife?
That's a Masashi Shiroshu! knifewear.com/products/masashi-sld-damascus-kiritsuke-210mm
Does that knife good for cut meat?
Absolutely!
You need to cut with heel of the blade more
What the name of the knife your using?
Masashi Shiroshu Kiristuke 210mm!
... you're* using
You use a kiritsuke just like any regular chef knife with the addition of showing it off with its supposedly bad-ass looking cut-tip-blade to your friends. Seriously, what exact purpose does the angular tip serve?
It looks awesome, that's it! Some folks find it more precise, but some blacksmiths started making it that way because doing a straight cut was easier than curving the tip.
At 4:35 says not to scrape the knife blade across the cutting board.
Then at 6:42 does what he said not to do.....Scrapes the blade OMG.
Again at 17:23 scrapes the blade.
Again at 18:16 scrapes the blade.
There is a saying...."Practice what you preach".
DO IT
That is NOT a kiritsuke.
I’d forbid calling a kiritsuke a double beveled knife 😂
@earlycheese
I guess. I’m not messing with single. I’m not worthy.
This is more accurately called how to use a double beveled one.
I think 'if' one needs to watch this video, they are probably better off with Victorinox knife to start out, not a high end hand forged gorgeous, boutique exotic artisan piece of Japanese fine cutlery.
Japanese knives for all! Everyone has to start learning somewhere.
The u is silent bro kiritske
you have so much knowledge about knives but you can't pronounce santoku and bunka.
Or kiritsuke. The u is silent.
I'm Japanese, but it's 95% correct so I'd say it's close enough.
Unlike some people that say "Gyoto" and "Santuko" for some reason lol.