Sande knife

Santoku was invented by the people of the island nation. The Japanese name is “Santoku bouchou”, which literally means “three virtues”. There are two interpretations of this, some people think that this means that the knife can be used to cut meat and fish, and can also easily cook vegetables. Others think it’s because it’s good at slicing, dicing and slicing, well, the English and Japanese wikis have different answers.