All-Purpose Knives
Discover a selection of GLOBAL's most versatile knives. Featuring chef's knives, cook's knives and santoku knives designed for daily kitchen tasks. Essential kitchen knives for every day chopping, slicing and dicing of vegetables, meats and herbs.
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GLOBAL’s award-winning, versatile Cook’s Knife loved by professional chefs around the world. We regularly hear from customers that if they could only have one knife in their kitchen, it would be the GLOBAL G-2 Chef's Knife.
- Best-selling Japanese kitchen knife ever made!
- Winner of Which Best Knife and the Housewares ICON awards
- Extremely versatile, all-round blade
- Ultra sharp 15° cutting edge
- Ergonomic design
The G-2 delivers precision, durability and perfect balance making it a fantastic all-round blade for home cooks and professional chefs.
The G-80 GLOBAL Santoku Knife is a premium Japanese santoku knife designed for effortless slicing, dicing and chopping. Featuring a fluted blade that creates air pockets to aid with food release for smoother, cleaner cuts, this Japanese kitchen knife excels at everyday food prep. Crafted in Japan from Cromova 18 stainless steel, the G-80 delivers exceptional sharpness, balance and durability for professional chefs and home cooks.
- Extremely versatile Japanese chef’s knife
- Fluted blade for reduced food adhesion
- Ultra sharp 15° cutting edge
- Perfectly balanced ergonomic design
- Made in Japan
Santoku means ‘three virtues” or “three uses” in Japanese which refers to the santoku knife’s ability in slicing, dicing and chopping and its design which handles meat fish and vegetables. That’s why a santoku knife it is considered an all-purpose Japanese kitchen knife.
One of the best selling knives in the GS range, the GS-3 is a medium sized cook's knife that will perform a variety of kitchen tasks. It has a nice medium sized blade good for chopping, slicing and dicing and is useful whether you want to cut up vegetables or slice meat. It is really the smallest chef's knife notwithstanding the GS-1 which has a slightly different shape of blade. The GS-3 is also available as a fluted version, the GS-51.
The GS-89 Cook's Knife 13cm blade is part of the Little Essential range of knives. This collection features a selection of 12 small and medium knives from the Global GS Series that work together to form a comprehensive range of kitchen knives that cover all areas of food preparation.
This cook's knife features a superior razor-sharp edge ground steeply to a point on an acute angle which means it will hold a sharper edge for longer. The knife is precisely balanced with the traditional hollow sand filled handle.
Perfect for a variety of kitchen tasks, the GS-89 is ideal for finely slicing and dicing vegetables or meat. It offers excellent stain resistance and edge retention.
This beautiful 11cm Fluted Santoku knife forms part of our Little Essentials range of 12 kitchen knives. Celebrate everything Santoku and slice, dice and mince your way through anything. This knife is a really good all-round multi-purpose knife to have in your kitchen. It is also offered as part of the G-88/4003 Little Essentials Knife Dock Set.
Makes little tasks a pleasure! This knife has the smallest hollow handle and makes a great all-purpose utility knife.
The G-46 Santoku Knife 18cm is Global's full sized Santoku knife. Santoku is a Japanese word literally meaning 'three ways' and is used to describe the three cutting tasks that the knife is designed to do; slicing, dicing and mincing. The shape of the knife makes it brilliant for Western style cooking as the blade is flat, deep and powerful, which makes the knife really good for cutting up lots of heavy root vegetables, such as sweet potato, squashes and celeriac.
Global knives produces several variations of the Santoku knife; there are smaller versions of the Santoku, the GS-35 and the GS-37. Santoku knives are also well combined with fluting which helps prevent these vegetables sticking to the knife blades. The fluted version of the G-46 is the G-48.
The G-77 Global Fluted 20cm Chef's Knife is a medium-sized cook's knife that will perform a variety of kitchen tasks. It has a nice sized blade good for chopping, slicing and dicing and is useful whether you want to cut up vegetables or slice meat. It features improved flutes to the blade to prevent sticking.
The GS-98 is great for the most challenging kitchen tasks. This seamlessly designed knife can handle your fruits, vegetables, and meats with ease. And with its superior sharpness, cooking your stir-fries, sauces, and stews with beautifully sliced ingredients is a pleasure.
The G-57 is a chef's knife and like the standard Global chef's knives can perform most roles in kitchen. The G-57 is set apart from the other chef's knives by its deeper blade. So the knife is more predisposed towards chopping vegetables. If you just needed one knife for the kitchen, but that vast majority of what you are doing is cutting vegetables, we would recommend this blade. It is quite similar to a Santoku knife, in fact it's halfway between a classic chef's knife shape and a santoku. Having actually laid the G-46 Santoku knife next to this blade, the difference between the knives is minimal, the difference being the slight absence of a Santoku's lambs foot ending. So this knife could also be described as a 16cm Santoku knife.
Consider as an alternative to a G-2, or a vegetable chopper. The G-64 is also offered as the same blade with fluting.
The GS-35 is a mini Santoku knife, useful for cutting up small vegetables and fruit. Like its big brother the G-46, the knife is suitable for the three ways of the Santoku, slicing, dicing and mincing. The knife has a relatively flat blade for cutting and makes a good alternative to the better known GS-5. The GS-35 is also available in a fluted version as the GS-37.
The GS-90 is a mini Santoku knife and is identical to the smaller brother of the G-80, it is the fluted version of the GS-35. Useful for cutting up small vegetables and fruit, a Santoku knife is used for slicing, dicing and mincing. They make good multipurpose knives for all round use.
The G-84 is the fluted version of the G-57 chef's knife and like the standard Global chef's knives can perform most roles in kitchen.
Like it's brother it is set apart from the standard chef's knives by its shorted fatter blade. So the knife is more predisposed towards chopping vegetables. The profile of the knife is similar to a Santoku knife and the knife could be described as a 16cm fluted Santoku Knife.
If you needed just one knife for your kitchen go for a quality chefs knife and if you are going for Global buy the G-2. The G-2 is the best-selling Japanese kitchen knife ever made! It can slice, dice, chop, and really do anything that you need. A multi-purpose all round blade that is included in virtually every knife set produced. It has won dozens of awards over the years testifying to the popularity of the blade. Global (represented by the G-2) has won the Which? Best Knife category 3 times in a row.
Further it has won the Restaurant Magazines Readers Choice Award 8 years in a row. Sharpest Knife by A La Carte Magazine, Design Plus in Frankfurt, Tried and Tested by Good Housekeeping Magazine, Best Kitchen Gadget by GQ, and the list is endless. After 25 years of its existence, it still stands out as the benchmark in the Global range to which all other Global knives and to which all other upmarket kitchen knife brands are compared. By owning a Global chefs knife you are joining the ranks of thousands of delighted home cooks and professional chefs.
The G-2 is available in many alternative sizes, bigger and small. The G-55 is 18cm and the G-58 is 16cm. They are the same knives in slightly smaller sizes and come with the large G series handle, meaning that the blade is a little shorter. This gives you more control or might feel less overwhelming if you are a smaller person, all these knives will do the same task in the kitchen, the size is just a matter of preference.
The G-16 and G-17 are the two biggest brothers of the Global cook's/chef's line at 24cm and 27cm respectively. These are typical chef's knives, good for any use in the kitchen. The size of these knives means that they are more suited for professional chefs in working kitchens. For home use we would recommend anything from the G-2 and downwards. Aside from the blade length, these knives have bigger more cylindrical handles and a more pronounced bolster to offer added protection.
The GS-92 is a medium sized cook's knife that will perform a variety of kitchen tasks. It has a nice medium-sized blade good for chopping, slicing and dicing and is useful whether you want to cut up vegetables or slice meat. This is the fluted version of the popular GS-3.
The fluted blade will help to stop food sticking to the blade.
If you needed just one knife for your kitchen go for a quality chefs knife and if you are going for Global buy the G-2. The G-2 is the best-selling Japanese kitchen knife ever made! It can slice, dice, chop, and really do anything that you need. A multi-purpose all round blade that is included in virtually every knife set produced. It has won dozens of awards over the years testifying to the popularity of the blade. Global (represented by the G-2) has won the Which? Best Knife category 3 times in a row.
Further it has won the Restaurant Magazines Readers Choice Award 8 years in a row. Sharpest Knife by A La Carte Magazine, Design Plus in Frankfurt, Tried and Tested by Good Housekeeping Magazine, Best Kitchen Gadget by GQ, and the list is endless. After 25 years of its existence, it still stands out as the benchmark in the Global range to which all other Global knives and to which all other upmarket kitchen knife brands are compared. By owning a Global chefs knife you are joining the ranks of thousands of delighted home cooks and professional chefs.
The G-2 is available in many alternative sizes, bigger and small. The G-55 is 18cm and the G-58 is 16cm. They are the same knives in slightly smaller sizes and come with the large G series handle, meaning that the blade is a little shorter. This gives you more control or might feel less overwhelming if you are a smaller person, all these knives will do the same task in the kitchen, the size is just a matter of preference.
The G-16 and G-17 are the two biggest brothers of the Global cook's/chef's line at 24cm and 27cm respectively. These are typical chef's knives, good for any use in the kitchen. The size of these knives means that they are more suited for professional chefs in working kitchens. For home use we would recommend anything from the G-2 and downwards. Aside from the blade length, these knives have bigger more cylindrical handles and a more pronounced bolster to offer added protection.
The GLOBAL G-16 Large Chef’s Knife with a 24cm blade is designed for heavy duty-tasks, batch cooking and preparation for large gatherings. It is well suited for professional chefs in commercial kitchens thanks to its heavier weight, larger cylindrical handle and pronounced bolster for added protection. Improve meal prep speed and efficiency with this Japanese chef’s knife.
- Large chef’s knife with 24cm Blade
- Larger handle & pronounced bolster
- Extremely versatile kitchen knife
- Ultra sharp 15° cutting edge
- Ergonomic design
The G-78 is a cook's knife that will perform a variety of kitchen tasks. The blade good for chopping, slicing and dicing and is useful whether you want to cut up vegetables or slice meat. It features improved flutes to the blade to prevent sticking.
Global produce 3 of the standard fluted cook's knives in 20cm (G-61), 18cm (G-62) and 16cm (G-63) size blades.The G-61 is the fluted version of the best selling G-2 20cm cook's knife. The cook's knives are in the classic shape of the Western style cook's knife and so can perform any kitchen task, whether you need to slice, dice or chop. If you can only afford to get one knife, always buy one good chef's knife. These knives are represented by their non fluted equivalents the G-2, G-55 and G-58.
The main advantage to owning the fluted knife over the standard knives is the non stick properties of these blades. If you cut a lot of starchy vegetables, these knives are quite good as the veg is less likely to stick like glue onto the knives and get in the way of cutting things up.
The main downside to fluted blades is that the lifespa