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Global (cutlery)
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Global is a brand of cutlery products made by Yoshikin of Japan. Their selection of knives are known for their distinctive one piece, molybdenum
/vanadium
stainless steel
design, even it is made of two parts.
in 1983.
Over the past decade the Global line has rapidly introduced many new highly specialized knife designs, including a tomato knife and a crab/lobster knife. They also make eating utensils.
In 2006, the G Series knives was placed #46 on the Japanesque Modern Committee listing.
The company's products compete against high-quality household and professional use knife manufacturers, including Henckels, CHROMA Cnife
, Sumikama, Wusthof
and [Sabatier Lion].
Global is also tested well, i.e. in the Swedish TESTFAKTA http://www.testfakta.se/incoming/article32185.ece
or Wusthof
, Global knives as most Japanese style knives are made from a significantly harder
alloy of steel, use a thinner blade thickness, and can be sharpened to a more acute angle. This produces a sharper knife which keeps its edge longer and allows for more accurate work. Global recommends sharpening with a whetstone or ceramic tool rather than an electrical grinder.
Global knives are renowned for their surprisingly light weight and balance. They are easily recognised by their distinctive appearance, the handle and blade being one continuous piece of metal, and having black indentations present on the handle and on one model of their storage block.
Molybdenum
Molybdenum , is a Group 6 chemical element with the symbol Mo and atomic number 42. The name is from Neo-Latin Molybdaenum, from Ancient Greek , meaning lead, itself proposed as a loanword from Anatolian Luvian and Lydian languages, since its ores were confused with lead ores...
/vanadium
Vanadium
Vanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery gray, ductile and malleable transition metal. The formation of an oxide layer stabilizes the metal against oxidation. The element is found only in chemically combined form in nature...
stainless steel
Stainless steel
In metallurgy, stainless steel, also known as inox steel or inox from French "inoxydable", is defined as a steel alloy with a minimum of 10.5 or 11% chromium content by mass....
design, even it is made of two parts.
History
Global was founded by Yuzo Watanabe in JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
in 1983.
Over the past decade the Global line has rapidly introduced many new highly specialized knife designs, including a tomato knife and a crab/lobster knife. They also make eating utensils.
In 2006, the G Series knives was placed #46 on the Japanesque Modern Committee listing.
The company's products compete against high-quality household and professional use knife manufacturers, including Henckels, CHROMA Cnife
CHROMA Cnife
CHROMA is a kitchen knife-maker based in Demorest, Georgia. The company was found by Christian Romanowski in 1989. CHROMA also sells knife sharpening stones, kitchen shears and other cooking accessories...
, Sumikama, Wusthof
Wüsthof
Wüsthof is a knife-maker based in Solingen, Germany, noted for its very high quality products...
and [Sabatier Lion].
Global is also tested well, i.e. in the Swedish TESTFAKTA http://www.testfakta.se/incoming/article32185.ece
Design
Compared to conventional European knives such as J. A. HenckelsJ. A. Henckels
J.A. Henckels is a knife manufacturer based in Solingen, Germany. Henckels is one of the largest and oldest manufacturers of kitchen knives, scissors, cookware and flatware.-History:...
or Wusthof
Wüsthof
Wüsthof is a knife-maker based in Solingen, Germany, noted for its very high quality products...
, Global knives as most Japanese style knives are made from a significantly harder
Rockwell scale
The Rockwell scale is a hardness scale based on the indentation hardness of a material. The Rockwell test determines the hardness by measuring the depth of penetration of an indenter under a large load compared to the penetration made by a preload. There are different scales, denoted by a single...
alloy of steel, use a thinner blade thickness, and can be sharpened to a more acute angle. This produces a sharper knife which keeps its edge longer and allows for more accurate work. Global recommends sharpening with a whetstone or ceramic tool rather than an electrical grinder.
Global knives are renowned for their surprisingly light weight and balance. They are easily recognised by their distinctive appearance, the handle and blade being one continuous piece of metal, and having black indentations present on the handle and on one model of their storage block.