RYŌ-DEBA    両出刃包丁

A speciality of the island of Shikoku. Ryōdeba is a deba knife with a double grind edge. Even though the blade of ryōdeba has double bevel geometry, it is very thick, often as thick as a single bevel deba of the same size.

Ryōdeba is used for fish filleting tasks, cutting meat, breaking up poultry, as it can easily cut through small bones and joints.

Ryōdeba is a double bevel knife.

_{Back to Japanese Knife Types Collection main page}

---