Japanese Knives New Knife Skills Video and Playlist

I've had some people asking me to make videos on how to use Japanese knives, so I finally did a quick one this afternoon:

[video=youtube;6c4RD5E4vcs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c4RD5E4vcs&list=PLDgLV2bW_MlCtt2LOAYJ5fhw5N7eakBYx&index=1[/video]

I also put together a playlist with a bunch of videos i've found around the web that display good technique. Here's a link to the playlist here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDgLV2bW_MlCtt2LOAYJ5fhw5N7eakBYx

Hope you guys find this helpful.

-Jon

Hot diggity damn, THAT'S how you do it! I was chipping the crap out of my knives and eventually just opted to lock my knife in a vise and push the food across it like wood in a bandsaw. Now I think I can go back to holding the knife in my hand. Thanks Jon!

Thank you. Helpful (to some of us).

Absolutely awesome collection. Especially those hard-to-find technique movies with Japanese titles. Great way to bring them all together and into the light! Thanks for taking the effort.

Very nice playlist Jon.

Thanks for collecting all of those links Jon!

Oh No! I'll never leave YouTube now. :bigeek:

I spent one hour hooked watching vids.

Great stuff Jon, thanks!

I was recently asked about Deba, their use and sharpening. I looked for your vid on San Oroshi of a Tai shaped fish (Snapper?) from your previous playlist. Could not find it. A weakness shared (IMO) by many of the tutorial type videos is there is no explanation for the content. Remember yours as explaining what you did and why during presentation. Would certainly think it deserves a place in this playlist.

daveb said:

I was recently asked about Deba, their use and sharpening. I looked for your vid on San Oroshi of a Tai shaped fish (Snapper?) from your previous playlist. Could not find it. A weakness shared (IMO) by many of the tutorial type videos is there is no explanation for the content. Remember yours as explaining what you did and why during presentation. Would certainly think it deserves a place in this playlist.

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[video=youtube;icOlud_bZik]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icOlud_bZik[/video]
[video=youtube;ZsuAmTq9WAw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsuAmTq9WAw[/video]
[video=youtube;qp0kmLKkLCQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0kmLKkLCQ[/video]

If I'm not mistaken, in the third fish cleaning video the chef is not using a sasara brush, but rather a toothbrush.

yeah... i use a toothbrush often myself

That would be the ones. I use a toothbrush as well. But not a current toothbrush.

Raise your hand if you just learned not to say "yew-soo-buh"

Thanks Jon. What's the k-tip you're using in the demo?

chinacats said:

Thanks Jon. What's the k-tip you're using in the demo?

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Looks like Gesshin Kagekiyo

Thanks bk!