Kiritsuke

Kiritsuke きりつけ is a common name for the prestige knives in Japanese kitchens. This kind of knife is different from Kyuto as the shape of Kiritsuke's spine is more steep profile to the tip while the profile of Gyuto's spine is more slope. With flatter edge profile. Kiritsuke is designed to be best suits to push cuts (Up and down motion with the tip left from the cutting board). Normally Kiritsuke knife comes with 210 mm (8 inches) or 180 mm (7 inches). Kiritsuke knives under Paulina Brand are sharpen at the angle of 10-15 degrees to make sure the cutting edge is super sharp like a razor.