Chef Knife
For larger vegetables, herbs, fruit, and suitable boneless meat or fish when you want full-size reach.
Five versatile double-bevel knives for everyday prep, heavier chopping, and precise detail work.
5-Piece Master Chef Knife Set | Japanese-Inspired Master Knives
Move beyond the essentials with an 8-inch chef knife, 7-inch Santoku, 7-inch cleaver, 5-inch Santoku, and 3.5-inch paring knife.
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Try your knife at home with our 15-day satisfaction guarantee. If you’re not completely satisfied, contact us within 15 days of ordering to arrange a return and full refund.
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5-Piece Master Chef Knife Set | Japanese-Inspired Master Knives
Sale price$ 180.00
Regular price$ 300.00
The useful middle ground
Five Practical Blades Without Filling the Block
The Yakushi 5-Piece Master Set expands the basic kitchen trio with a full-size 7-inch Santoku and a broad 7-inch cleaver. The current set uses Damascus-clad high-carbon stainless-steel blades, double-bevel edges, Pakka wood handles, and full composite tang construction.
Five profiles, five clear roles
Which Knife Should You Reach For?
The value of the Master Set is not the number five by itself—it is the progression from large everyday prep to dense produce, compact work, and fine detail.
Santoku
For vegetables, fruit, herbs, and boneless proteins when you prefer straighter, more controlled chopping and slicing.
Cleaver
For dense produce, larger vegetables, and thicker cuts of boneless meat. It is not a bone cleaver.
Santoku
For quick vegetable prep, fruit, dicing, and other jobs where a smaller blade is easier to maneuver.
Paring Knife
For peeling, trimming, scoring, berries, deveining shrimp, and other short-blade precision work.
Important cleaver distinction
The 7-Inch Cleaver Is for Dense Produce & Boneless Prep
Broad-blade kitchen prep
- Large vegetables
- Dense produce
- Thicker cuts of boneless meat
- Broad-blade ingredient transfer
- Controlled chopping on an appropriate board
Impact work
- Bones
- Frozen food
- Hard impacts
- Twisting in a cut
- Prying
Why this matters: the wide blade can look like a heavy butcher cleaver, but the live product specification specifically limits it to dense produce and boneless preparation.
Choose by how you cook
Is the 5-Piece Master Set the Right Size?
Chef Set
The compact essentials: 8-inch chef knife, 5-inch Santoku, and 3.5-inch paring knife.
Best when: you want the core everyday trio and minimal storage.
View the 3-piece Chef SetMaster Set
Adds a full-size 7-inch Santoku and 7-inch cleaver for more vegetable, dense-produce, and larger boneless prep.
Best when: you cook frequently but do not need dedicated bread, slicing, and boning knives.
Full Set
Adds dedicated bread, slicing, and boning profiles to the broader everyday lineup.
Best when: you want specialty blades for bread, carving, and careful trimming.
View the 8-piece Full Set
Steel-spec note: treat each dedicated PDP as the source of truth. The current 3-piece page publishes Damascus-clad carbon steel, the 5-piece page publishes Damascus-clad high-carbon stainless steel, and the 8-piece page publishes high-carbon stainless steel with a Damascus-style patterned finish.
Built for daily prep
Best Uses & What to Avoid Across the Set
Broad everyday coverage
- Vegetables, fruit, and herbs
- Chopping, slicing, dicing, and mincing
- Boneless meat and fish
- Dense produce and larger vegetables
- Peeling, trimming, scoring, and detail work
Impact and lateral force
- Bones
- Frozen food
- Hard impacts
- Twisting or prying
- Glass, stone, ceramic, or metal cutting surfaces
- Dishwasher cleaning
Five edges, one care routine
Keep the Set Ready for Everyday Use
Hand-wash each knife with mild dish soap and dry it immediately. Use a wood or suitable synthetic cutting board and store the knives so their edges cannot contact other utensils. When sharpening is needed, maintain the existing double-bevel geometry with an appropriate whetstone or quality sharpener.
Complete the Yakushi Kitchen Setup
Use the relevant collection and guide pages for deeper comparison, care, and accessories instead of repeating every topic on this product page.
Useful independent references
Cutting-Board & Produce-Prep Safety
Quick answers
5-Piece Master Chef Knife Set FAQs
Which knives are included?
The set includes an 8-inch chef knife, 7-inch Santoku, 7-inch cleaver, 5-inch Santoku, and 3.5-inch paring knife.
What blade construction does the 5-piece set use?
The current product specification lists Damascus-clad high-carbon stainless-steel blades. The page does not publish a separate core alloy, Damascus layer count, or HRC value.
Can left-handed cooks use the set?
Yes. All five knives use double-bevel edge geometry and are listed as suitable for both right- and left-handed cooks.
Can the 7-inch cleaver chop bones?
No. The live specification assigns the cleaver to dense produce, larger vegetables, and thicker cuts of boneless meat. Avoid bones, frozen food, hard impacts, twisting, and prying.
How is this different from the 3-piece set?
The 5-piece Master Set adds a full-size 7-inch Santoku and 7-inch cleaver to the chef knife, compact Santoku, and paring knife found in the 3-piece set.
How is the 8-piece set different?
The 8-piece Full Set adds dedicated bread, slicing, and boning knives for cooks who want broader specialty coverage.
Are the 3-, 5-, and 8-piece sets made from identical steel?
Do not assume so. The current dedicated PDPs publish different construction descriptions for the three set sizes, so each product page should be treated as the source of truth.
How should I clean and sharpen the set?
Hand-wash with mild dish soap, dry immediately, use a wood or suitable synthetic board, and maintain the existing double-bevel edges with an appropriate sharpening method.
Choose the five-piece set when you want more range without specialty-blade overload
The Master Set is the middle-ground option: the essential chef, compact Santoku, and paring profiles plus a full-size Santoku and broad cleaver for cooks who regularly prepare larger vegetables, dense produce, and boneless proteins.
FIVE KNIVES. MORE WAYS TO PREP.
More Range for the Way You Cook
The 5-piece Master Set adds a 7-inch Santoku and 7-inch cleaver to the chef knife, compact Santoku, and paring essentials—giving frequent home cooks more control across vegetables, boneless proteins, and detailed prep.
