Japanese Knives for Meat

The iconic Global G-2 is a Japanese chef’s knife designed for everyday kitchen tasks such as slicing, chopping, and dicing. Featuring a thin blade, ultra sharp 15° edge angle, and lightweight stainless steel construction making it easier to handle than most Western chef's knives. Loved by professional chefs around the world, the award-winning G-2 is the best-selling Japanese kitchen knife ever made!

• 20cm Blade
• Cromova 18 stainless steel for corrosion resistance, durability and easy sharpening
• Hollow, sand-filed handle for perfect balance and control
• Ultra sharp 15° blade edge for smooth, effortless cutting
• Winner of Which Best Knife and the Housewares ICON awards

Global knives are supposed to be refined, delicate instruments for preparing food to exact specifications...not the G-12 Meat Cleaver. A heavy-duty chopper with a broad, rectangular blade, thicker steel and weighted construction to effortlessly break down large cuts of meat and separate joints. 

• Long 16cm blade & thicker steel
• Ultra sharp 15° cutting edge
• Ergonomic hollow handle for comfort & balance
• Hygienic one-piece construction
• Traditional hole in the blade to hang on hook above a butcher's table

A durable knife for portioning meat, chopping dense vegetables and preparing lamb chops, spare ribs and more.

The GS-11 Flexible Utility Knife is one of the more popular knives in the Global range and is frequently found in many of the sets where it fills the role of filleting, carving and 'general purpose' knife, hence its name. The GS-11 has a medium sized, 11cm flexible blade which is good for filleting small fish such as sea bass and for use as a small carving knife.

• 15cm Flexible blade
  
• Cromova 18 stainless steel for corrosion resistance, durability and easy sharpening
• Hollow, sand-filed handle for perfect balance and control
• Ultra sharp 15° blade edge for smooth, effortless cutting
• Hygienic one piece construction

The G-3 is GLOBAL’s Classic carving knife, the ultimate kitchen knife for slicing and serving roasted meats with precision and ease. A specialist knife with a razor-sharp blade developed for clean, even cuts of turkey, roast beef, ham and other meats. A true kitchen essential because the best cuts of meat demand the best equipment.

• Professional carving knife for precise meat slicing
• Long & narrow 21cm blade
• Ultra sharp 15° cutting edge
• Ergonomic hollow handle for comfort & balance
• Hygienic one-piece construction

We recommend pairing the G-3 meat cutting knife with one of GLOBAL's carving forks, either the G-13 or the GF-24 to make a carving set. The G-82 is the fluted version of this knife.

The GNM-12 is Global Ni's flexible boning knife and is great for filleting fish with its long thin blade. Great for use with seabass, trout or even larger fish like salmon. The shape of the knife also lends itself to working well as a carving knife. If the GNM-12 is a bit big for you, consider the 12cm version the GNS-06.

The G-21 is a classically shaped boning knife and is considered to be the standard boning knife in the Global series, it is certainly the best selling Boning knife. The knife has a long narrow blade with is tapered to a very fine point. This allows the user to work round the bones in joints of beef, lamp or pork and cut out a sizable piece of meat.

The blade is also flexible, which is great for getting under the skin and filleting fish. There are quite a few boning and filleting knives in the Global range, but the G-21 has a bolster, this is useful where working with raw meat or fish can make the knife slippy, it helps to prevent any unfortunate accidents. There is also a fully forged version of the knife, the GF-31.

The GSF-23 is one of a few steak knives made by Global and is great for use in tucking into big juicy fatty Rib eyes and Sirloins. It will saw effortlessly through fatty pieces of meat to give you nice clean cuts. In fact this knife has more in common with the other GSF utility knives than other steak knives as the main feature of the blade is the subtle serration in the blade. This makes the knife ideal for steaks but also works well as a utility knife for softer fruits and vegetables. It would make a great tomato knife, so is a multi function blade.

The name 'UKON' has many positive connotations in Japanese legend. Our favourite use of the word lies in the expression 'Tachibana No Ukon' referring to the Mandarin Tree that was symbolically planted on the right-hand side of the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. It was said to balance the Cherry Blossom Tree on the left-hand side, known as the 'Sakura No Sakon'. Together they replaced the Samurai Guards who had until then protected the Emperor, but who were deemed no longer necessary during times of peace.

In true GLOBAL tradition, the knife is constructed from the best Stainless Steel material and the UKON series features thicker blades to enhance performance. UKON knives are subject to even more precise grinding and finishing work, making them 10 percent sharper out of the box. The knives are designed with an ambidextrous thumb rest that sits closer to the blade for added control and efficiency. The underside of the handle features GLOBAL's trademark indentations, making UKON knives extremely comfortable to hold.

The Global Ukon GU-01 Chef’s Knife is a versatile all-purpose blade that excels at every cutting task you can think of in the kitchen. The GU-01 is great for chopping vegetables, meat and fish, and it can also be used to finely chop herbs or peel garlic. Whatever the task, slicing, dicing, chopping or mincing, you can rely on this chef’ knife to perform every time.

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 G-8 is more or less the G-9 bread knife without the serrations, but it makes a great carving knife, as it has a long and narrow blade. This carving knife makes excellent work of joints with no bones in. It will allow you to cut thin even slices of meat, so works best with hams, joints of beef, salmon and any de-boned lamb. It is a worthy alternative to the G-3, although we would suggest if you are looking for the standard carving knife to go for the G-3.

The GF-27 is a specialist knife blade for butchering raw meat. The curved thin blade is designed to slice through joints in raw carcasses. The shape of the knife with its right angle curve in the blade is made to slash across flesh and so separate the meat from bones, ligaments and other parts that are not wanted. It is a specialist knife and does not work well for cutting or chopping vegetables and other regular kitchen work.

The GF-27 has a bolster, which gives it an edge over the bolster-less G-28. This is particularly useful when the juices from raw meat can make the knife handle slippery, having the bolster there gives you slightly better grip, control and confidence when using the knife.

The butcher knife shape comes from a very old design of knives used for a huge variety of tasks such as cutting up food and skinning animals.