Fujiwara Teruyasu Maroboshi Western Gyuto 210mm

This Fujiwara Teruyasu Gyuto is one of our best performing knives. The Shirogami (White) #1 steel takes a screaming sharp edge easily and the stainless cladding makes it much easier to maintain than a full carbon knife. The Fujiwara signature finger notch helps you choke up on the knife for excellent control. With a hand hammered Tsuchime finish and Black Pakka wood handle this is one great looking knife. 

The Gyuto or Chef Knife is considered by many to be the most important and diverse knife of all. This jack of all trades style knife can be used for all kinds of tasks including boneless meat or fish butchery, vegetable prep, cutting and slicing herbs, as a line knife and much more. Typically ranging in size from 180mm to 300mm the blade shape can vary from maker to maker but typically they will be somewhat flat towards the rear of the knife working up to a "belly" making it suitable for rocking or push cutting. If you can only have one knife this would be a top contender.