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Kitchen Shears

Explore our collection of Japanese kitchen shears crafted from resilient stainless steel or robust solid stainless steel, enabling you to effortlessly slice through meat fat, shells, and frozen substances that may prove challenging for regular knives. These Japanese kitchen scissors are also resistant to rust, ensuring their durability for years of reliable use without signs of wear.

Explore our collection of Japanese kitchen shears crafted from resilient stainless steel or robust solid stainless steel, enabling you to effortlessly slice through meat fat, shells, and frozen substances that may prove challenging for regular knives. These Japanese kitchen scissors are also resistant to rust, ensuring their durability for years of reliable use without signs of wear.

Kitchen Shears vs. Knives

Kitchen shears come in handy when it’s not necessary to use your Gyuto knives. By using shears, you can preserve the sharpness of your knives. Japanese kitchen shears, in particular, are typically made out of high-quality stainless steel that is just as sharp as many of your knives. 

Harnessing the gripping capability of shears allows you to exert extra pressure, making them excellent for tackling tasks like slicing through crab legs, frozen steaks, and other resilient materials. Yet, when precision is paramount, knives take the lead. For instance, if you're aiming to julienne bell peppers into flawless strips, your go-to tools would be Japanese chef’s knives. Meanwhile, for delicately snipping herbs, Japanese kitchen shears prove invaluable, offering a different level of finesse to your culinary endeavors.

Kitchen Gadgets

If you’re looking to add some more useful tools to your kitchen while purchasing a pair of Japanese kitchen shears, explore our collection of kitchen gadgets. Our selection of fish scalers, oyster shuckers, and peelers can be a great complement to your Japanese kitchen scissors. These gadgets are made by the most skilled artisans in Japan to make preparing seafood, poultry, fruits, and vegetables a breeze.

FAQs

Chefs frequently use kitchen shears to cut thick items that don’t require the precision of a knife. Shears are a quick and easy way for chefs to cut certain ingredients safely. They are also much more portable than a knife. Japanese kitchen shears are a go-to item for chefs when cutting crab legs.

Poultry shears are primarily intended for spatchcocking. This is the process of removing the backbone of a chicken or turkey. Kitchen shears are intended for all-purpose cutting of food materials. If you’re going to be cutting through thick bones and meat, consider poultry shears; otherwise, kitchen shears should do just fine for most applications.

The inclusion of teeth in kitchen shears enhances the overall sharpness of the scissors you employ. When dealing with exceptionally dense materials, these teeth play a crucial role in breaking up rough portions, complementing the applied pressure to facilitate cutting. Additionally, the presence of teeth becomes particularly valuable when tackling slippery items containing fat, as they aid in maintaining a secure grip and ensuring effective cutting.

The circle in the middle is designed for bottle and jar opening. This is commonly referred to as a curved jaw. Most of our Japanese kitchen shears come with a curved jaw, so you won’t have to struggle to get a bottle open again.