Kitchen Cutlery and tools » Kitchen knife Styles http://qualityparingknives.com Tue, 22 May 2012 11:02:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://qualityparingknives.com http://qualityparingknives.com/wp-content/mbp-favicon/qpk-favicon.jpg Kitchen Cutlery and tools Japanese and Western Style Kitchen Knives http://qualityparingknives.com/kitchen-cutlery-styles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kitchen-cutlery-styles http://qualityparingknives.com/kitchen-cutlery-styles/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:50 +0000 Admin http://qualityparingknives.com/?p=1883 The basic difference between Japanese and Western knives has to do with the hardness and thickness (Western) versus the softness and thinness (Japanese) of their blades.

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