if you like knives or cooking and not wearing plasters on your hands buy it great history of materials and construction of blades from stone age to ceramic. excellent on shapes, sharpening and differing cuts. it also will revive old carbon steel knives or explain how However somewhat patronising as it assumes the reader knows all about Japanese knives and cooking. Must have for kitchen so useful I bought 4 more copies for my culinary friends, one of whom is a professional chef
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Interesting, with a lot of illustrations and useful detail as to the correct knives to use for particular processes in the kitchen. I will be purchasing more knives as I come across them.
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An excellent book , well written and incredibly interesting. Who would have thought knives could be so interesting. Lots of information on everything you need to know about knives I've been a chef over 20 years and found this book very informative
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Very informative and easy reading.
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If you are interested in knives especially kitchen knives then this book is a must
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