Boning knives
Huusk Knife From Japan
- Sheath included
4.5 · 2,378 ratings
$24.99
01The tradition the range is named in · 41 pieces
Huusk Japan Knives
Forty-one blades from three and a half to twelve inches, in high carbon, VG-10, Damascus and stainless, most of them sheathed.
41pieces on this page
$12.69–$125.40across the page
7blade lengths
4handle colours
What "Japanese" means on a kitchen knife is concrete rather than decorative: a thinner grind behind the edge and a harder steel than a European chef knife carries. You buy a keener edge that lasts longer and you give up some forgiveness, because a thin hard edge chips if you twist it through a joint or drop it on a tile floor. Every blade here is built to that trade, from a three-and-a-half inch paring knife up to a twelve-inch slicer.
The names are shapes. A gyuto is the Japanese take on the chef knife, with a curve you rock. A santoku is flatter along the edge and taller at the heel, for people who chop straight down. A nakiri is squared off and does vegetables and nothing else. A kiritsuke has a pointed tip for detail work. Fifteen of the forty-one are the forged cleaver-shaped blade the brand is best known for, which is not a traditional Japanese shape at all and is honest about being its own thing.
Huusk Japan Knives by blade length
7 blade lengths, each one a link to the card that carries it.
Huusk Japan Knives by colour
4 handle colours, named from our own product data rather than read off a photograph.
Ulu knives
Huusk Japan Ulu Knife, Silver
- Sheath included
- Handle: Silver
4.5 · 2,378 ratings
$27.99
Slicing, carving & bread
Huusk Japan Hand Forged Slicing Knife, 11.5"
- 11.5" blade
4.6 · 1,354 ratings
$28.99
Meat cleavers
Huusk Knife Japan, Black
- Sheath included
- Handle: Black
4.7 · 560 ratings
$28.34
Utility knives
Huusk Utility Knife, 5.5"
- 5.5" blade
- High carbon steel
4.6 · 489 ratings
$12.69
Boning knives
Huusk Boning Knife, 6"
- 6" blade
- Sheath included
4.6 · 489 ratings
$25.19
Santoku knives
Huusk Santoku Chef Knife, 8", Black
- 8" blade
- VG-10 core
- Ebony grip
4.6 · 25 ratings
$42.74
Meat cleavers
Huusk Japan Knife Set Viking Knifes
- Full tang
- Sheath included
4.9 · 13 ratings
$54.99
33 more in Huusk Japan Knives
Meat cleavers
Huusk Japan Forged Knife Set Cleaver
- Sheath included
3.3 · 2 ratings
$40.70
Slicing, carving & bread
Huusk Japan Hand Forged Slicing Knife, 11.5", Black
- 11.5" blade
- Handle: Black
4 · 1 ratings
$39.33
Japanese kitchen knife sets
Huusk Japan Knife Set, Silver
- Handle: Silver
5 · 1 ratings
$53.64
Butcher knives
Huusk Butcher Knife, 11.5", Black
- 11.5" blade
- Handle: Black
$55.04
Ulu knives
Huusk Japan Ulu Knife
- Sheath included
$47.12
Serbian chef knives
Huusk Serbian Chef Knife
- Sheath included
$51.87
Serbian chef knives
Huusk Japan Slicing Knife
- Sold as one knife
$53.09
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Japan Knife, Silver
- Full tang
- Sheath included
- Handle: Silver
$59.99
Meat cleavers
Huusk Japan Knive Set
- Full tang
- Sheath included
$50.13
Boning knives
Huusk Japan Knife, Black
- Sheath included
- Handle: Black
$45.58
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Japan Knife, 8", Black
- 8" blade
- Stainless steel
- Sheath included
$48.85
Slicing, carving & bread
Huusk Japan Hand Forged Slicing Knife, 11.5", 2 pieces
- 11.5" blade
- 2 pieces · $19.46 each
$38.93
Butcher knives
Huusk Knife Japan, Silver
- Handle: Silver
$40.45
Japanese kitchen knife sets
Huusk Japan Knife Set, 6", Brown
- 6" blade
- Handle: Brown
$45.35
Japanese kitchen knife sets
Huusk Japan Knife Set
- Sold as one knife
$54.99
Japanese kitchen knife sets
Huusk Japan Knife Set, 6"
- 6" blade
- Sheath included
$49.99
Slicing, carving & bread
Huusk Japan Hand Forged Slicing Knife, 12", Silver
- 12" blade
- Handle: Silver
$54.71
Meat cleavers
Huusk Japanese Kitchen Knife Set, 8", 2 pieces
- 8" blade
- 2 pieces · $22.50 each
$44.99
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Japan Knife, 2 pieces
- 2 pieces · $29.24 each
- Sheath included
$58.48
Viking knives with a sheath
Huusk Japan Knife
- Full tang
- Sheath included
$49.99
Serbian chef knives
Huusk Serbian Chef Knife Set, 6 pieces
- 6 pieces · $20.90 each
- Sheath included
$125.40
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Japan Knife, 8", Damascus
- 8" blade
- Damascus pattern steel
- Handle: Damascus
$59.53
Butcher knives
Huusk Japan Knife Viking Bundle
- Sheath included
$57.60
Butcher knives
Huusk Knife Japan, 7"
- 7" blade
$59.20
Gift bundles & boxes
Huusk Cool Collectible Knife, Brown
- Leather sheath included
- Handle: Brown
$52.99
Chef knives
Huusk Multi-function Chef Knife: Our Japan
- Sold as one knife
$54.50
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Knife From Japan, 6"
- 6" blade
- Full tang
- Sheath included
$39.99
Meat cleavers
Huusk Viking Knife Hand Forged Boning
- Full tang
- Sheath included
$50.24
Viking knives with a sheath
Huusk Knife Japan, 3.5"
- 3.5" blade
- Sheath included
$35.99
Knife sets with a block
Huusk Knife Set, Silver
- Handle: Silver
$92.22
Serbian chef knives
Huusk Serbian Chef Knife Set, 11.5", 6 pieces
- 11.5" blade
- 6 pieces · $20.14 each
$120.84
Poultry & bone shears
Huusk Poultry Shears Japan
- Sheath included
$48.74
Butcher knives
Huusk Knife Japan
- Sheath included
$43.25
02Next to it on the shelf
The rest of Huusk that touches this job
hand forged knives, santoku knives, nakiri knives: the neighbouring answers, each with its own sizes and prices.
Huusk Hand Forged KnivesFifty-six forged blades from five to twelve inches, most of them sheathed, in ATS-34, carbon and high carbon steel.56 piecesHuusk Santoku KnivesSeven santoku blades at seven and eight inches, in Damascus pattern and VG-10 core steel.7 piecesHuusk Nakiri KnivesSeven nakiri blades at seven inches, in Damascus pattern steel, including two that fold.7 pieces
03Asked before ordering
Huusk Japan Knives: questions
What people ask us about japan knives before they pick one.
Are Huusk Japan knives actually made in Japan?
They are made in the Japanese tradition and named in it: gyuto, santoku, nakiri, kiritsuke. What that describes is the geometry, a thinner grind and a harder steel than a European knife, rather than a postcode. Our product data names the steel where it is known, and this catalogue prints what it says.
Which is the sharpest Huusk Japan knife you can buy?
There is no number on this site to answer that with, and there should not be one anywhere without a test method beside it. Sharpness has a written standard, a blade drawn against a card strip under a measured load, and nobody publishes results from it on a retail box. What we can say is which steels take the keenest edge: the VG-10 core and the high carbon blades.
How do you care for a Huusk Japan knife?
Hand wash, dry immediately, and keep it off glass and stone boards. Hone on a rod every few uses, sharpen properly two or three times a year. The harder the steel, the more the first two matter.
One button, the whole Huusk range
Every blade length, steel and piece count in the Huusk selection sits behind this button, with the current price beside it. Pick the job, check the blade against the board you own, and it ships from our retail partner.