Cooks Knives

We regularly hear from customers that if they could only have one knife in their kitchen, it would be the Global G-2 Cook's Knife.

The G-2 is the best-selling Japanese kitchen knife ever made! It can slice, dice, chop, and really do anything you need.

A fantastic multi-purpose all round blade that is included in virtually every knife set Global produce. Winner of multiple awards, including Which Best Knife and the Housewares ICON award, the G-2 has cemented its place into the kitchenware hall of fame.

It features the iconic dotted handle that is filled with sand to provide an ergonomic, comfortable and versatile kitchen knife that is a delight to use.

Winner WHICH Best Buy award 2022

The G-9 Bread Knife is Global's classically shaped bread knife. It is a specialist knife, really for use with bread or similar food items only. The teeth are made to saw through the crust of bread but could also be used for some tough meats, for example crackling. The funny thing is, the Japanese do not really eat bread and so it is one of those products that they never really understood!

If you look closely at the knife blade you will see that on the face of the knife, the teeth have a chamber whilst on the back of the knife, the face is flat. When you cut into bread, you will automatically cut inwards in a curve rather than straight down and the chamber is there to help correct this so that your slicers will be more of a similar thickness all the way through. Whilst the G-9 can be used by left handers, the set up is right handed. Global can provide left handed bread knives on request. There is also a fluted version, the G-68.

We sometimes get asked from time to time, whether you can sharpen a bread knife. In our opinion you cannot and manufacturers that say their sharpeners can sharpen a bread knife are probably not correct. So please do not try and sharpen your Global G-9 Bread 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-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-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 GS-5 is the little brother of the G-5 vegetable chopper, with the same shape of blade in a smaller proportion. These knives take their inspiration from Japanese Usaba (Vegetable Knives), the relatively flat parts of the blade are designed to chop through fruit and vegetables and come into full contact with the chopping board and give a clean cut. The front of the blades are more curved like a chef's knife, to allow the knife to be rocked gently forward after each cut and encourage good technique. A really popular blade often found in Global sets, the GS-5 is also available in a fluted style as the GS-39.

The GS-13 is quite similar to the GS-11 and is a sister knife to it. The GS-13 has very slight serrations along the edge of the blade. Not as pronounced as a fully serrated blade, we find that these small serrations actually work really well with fruit that has a firm skin, but watery center where you do not want the contents to go flying everywhere! The serrated blade is able to saw through the skin while keeping a very clean cut. We feel that this works particularly well with tomatoes, plums, nectarines and grapes. The knife is a utility knife though and can be used for most kitchen tasks.

The Global GS-60 15cm Utility knife is ideal for slicing, dicing and cutting. the narrow blade makes it suitable for filleting.

One of the four brand new utility knives that have been introduced to the Global ® GS range of kitchen knives. The GS-108/UT Utility Knife has a plain edge and medium sized blade at 12cm. It is a brand-new Global Knife and makes up part of our new Little Essentials range of 12 kitchen knives. A great multi-tasker, use this plain edge utility knife for a range of slicing and dicing tasks in the kitchen for both hard and soft foods. A plain edge utility knife is also the ideal tool for peeling fruit as offers a straight and clean cut.

The GS-108/UT is a versatile knife which is perfectly balanced, comfortable to hold and can be stored in our Little Essentials Knife Dock Set for safety. This new plain utility knife retains Global’s ® superior quality and impeccably sharp edge.

Introducing a brand-new utility knife that forms part of our Little Essentials range of kitchen knives with smaller handles for easy use. The GS-108SE Utility Knife has a serrated edge and medium sized blade at 12cm. This Serrated edge kitchen knife is the ideal tool for cutting smoothly through fruit and veg with a thicker skin such as tomatoes or citrus fruit such as grapefruit and oranges.

The GS-108SE is a well- balanced, easy to use utility knife that can be stored in our Little Essentials Knife Dock Set for safety. This new serrated blade utility knife retains Global’s ® superior quality and impeccably sharp edge.

An ideal set for the avid cook. Set includes the famous G-2 20cm chefs knife, the GS-3 13cm cooks knife, and the versatile GS-68 peeler.

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.

The GS-5 is the little brother of the G-5 vegetable chopper, with the same shape of blade in a smaller proportion. These knives take their inspiration from Japanese Usaba (Vegetable Knives), the relatively flat parts of the blade are designed to chop through fruit and vegetables and come into full contact with the chopping board and give a clean cut. The front of the blades are more curved like a chef's knife, to allow the knife to be rocked gently forward after each cut and encourage good technique.

The GS-38 is a beautiful little paring knife useful for lots of little tasks in the kitchen. It is the hollow handle alternative to the GSF-15 and often found in more recent sets