A honesuki — the Japanese chicken-boning knife — from Narihira, the value line of Fuji Cutlery, Tojiro's sister company. Popular with beginners and professionals alike as an everyday workhorse, it makes quick work of jointing and deboning poultry.

• Steel: molybdenum vanadium stainless
• Blade length: 150 mm
• Type: honesuki (poultry boning)
• Edge: double bevel
• Model: FC-1042, Narihira by Fuji Cutlery (Japan)