Global Knives are well known for being the highest quality knives in the world. Manufactured by the Japanese Komin Yamada in 1985, it was only for a few years that they became a quality standard throughout the world.
They were first sold only in Japan, and were later introduced to the European market. This happened in 1988 at the Frankfurt fair and that year only 12 items were offered to the customer.
They were all made of stainless steel and Komin Yamada believes that at the time no other company had products of such high quality. They were made in the same way as Samurai swords: each knife is weighed and checked for the perfect balance and weight to make it comfortable to hold.
Currently, the “Global Brand” knives offer more than 100 different products, have 35 firms that are their distributors and are sold in 35 countries around the world.
There are basically four series of Global knives: G, GS, GF and GSF series and here you will learn about the basic features of each of them.
G-series
The G-series includes many different products – slicer, cook, trench, oriental cook, vegetable, oriental DEBA, roast slicer, bread knife – 20cm, 22cm, 24cm, 27cm, ham/salmon knife, mincer meat, carving fork, flexible filleting knives with various sizes – 16 cm, 21 cm and 27 cm, butcher – 18 cm, meat/fish knife – 21 cm, Chinese chopping knife – 2.2 mm and 4 mm, long cutters – 30 cm and 35 cm, and some special knives -YANAGI Sashimi- 25 cm and 30 cm, and TAKO Sashimi- 30 cm.
All knives come with a special number and there is a photo showing exactly what the knife looks like.
GS-series
The GS series includes 19 small size knives. The largest of them is only 16 cm long and is used to make snacks. These items are used as slicers, cooks, vegetable knives, paring, paring, tomato, cheese, fish/poultry.
In short, the knives in this series are used for more delicate jobs in which you have to be very careful if you want to achieve great results in the kitchen. Some knives are used for food decoration so they are very small and extremely precise.
While the G-series knives can be used by both professional and hobby cooks, the GF-series knives are made especially for professional chefs. They are almost the same as the G-series knives, but are used for heavy duty work; for example, there are butcher knives and boning knives. There are 11 items in this series and they have larger sizes, compared to the G and GS series.
GSF-series
The GSF series knives are used as a complement to those of the G and GF series. There are 11 products with small sizes, mainly used for peeling. There is a straight paring knife and a curved paring knife. In addition, there are three large handle paring knives: the first is a 6 cm long straight knife, the second is a 8 cm long straight knife, and the last is a 8 cm long curved knife.
Again, these knives are primarily recommended for professional chefs and special knowledge is required to distinguish which knife is used for which purpose. They come with a special number, beginning with “GSF” and then followed by the product number.
If you check your browser and compare prices, you will see that G-series knives can be found for £60 – £80. Also, the GF series knives are worth from 85 pounds up to 135 pounds.
All the GS series knives are about the same price: £57. The most expensive knife in that series is the Santoku knife, which is worth £60. It can be used for three different purposes: slicing, chopping, and dicing. It’s all – rounded knife.
You can find GSF series knives at special discounts: the price without the discount is from £50 to £80, with the discount you will save up to £20, which is an excellent price for such a high quality product.