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Choose the blades that match how you actually cook: the Gyuto as the workhorse for proteins, vegetables, and herbs; the Kiritsuke as a chef-slicer hybrid for precise push cuts and clean slicing; the Santoku for fast everyday chopping, dicing, and mincing; the Nakiri for straight-down, full-contact vegetable work; the Honesuki for breaking down poultry and trimming around bone; and the Petty for detail tasks, garnish, and in-hand peeling. 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