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Kiritsuke Gyuto

切付牛刀

  • OriginContemporary Western/Japanese fusion
  • Blade length210–270mm
  • BevelDouble bevel · 12–17° per side
  • Primary useGyuto with K-tip precision
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A double-bevel gyuto with a kiritsuke (An angular, reverse-tanto tip: the spine drops sharply at the front to form an acute, pointed tip.) profile: the most commercially prevalent "kiritsuke" sold outside Japan. It does everything a gyuto does, with added precision for detail work. The visual identifier is the K-tip, an angled spine drop at the front.

Important distinction: when a contemporary artisan or production catalog lists "kiritsuke," it is almost always this double-bevel hybrid, not a traditional single-bevel kiritsuke. A true single-bevel kiritsuke from a specialist Japanese maker must be specified as single-bevel. The functional difference from a standard gyuto tip is real but modest. It is extremely popular in the Western artisan market.