Gyuto Apple Peeling

[Jeff B]

I only lost three fingers trying this.

[STPepper9]

I've tried that before... I don't know how they can do it so fast, one brown spot messes up everything.
Oh well, I'm faster with a peeler anyway.

[arthurfowler]

Very impressive especially as the speed is combined with accuracy! Its worth watching at 1/4 speed as well. I suppose it is a similar technique to turning mushrooms but with a much bigger knife!!

[Wjhunt]

That looks scarry.

[Kalaeb]

Suisin for the win. Crazy skill.

[Cutuu]

Very cool

[STPepper9]

Suisin for the win. Crazy skill.

Recognize that handle from a mile away

[jacko9]

Great video but, I'll save my fingers and eat the apple skin.

[cedarhouse]

I love that video...I've been coming back to it for years.

[Bensbites]

I definitely want to have that in my party trick vocabulary.

[slickmamba]

I would've cut my at least my thumb and probably index trying to go that fast! time to get practicing haha

[Kit Craft]

I tried peeling with my KS and while not as awkward as I thought it would be it was nowhere near as efficient, for me, as using a pairing knife. That is beside the point and fully a fault of my lacking skill. The takeaway is that it was much more do-able than I had imagined. Makes me realize why a lot of guys just use a petty over a short paring knife. Example: My 90mm Japanese paring knives are too wide to use like a traditional paring knife, for me, and I mean how it is held. However, it is too short to choke up on like I did with a gyuto. I can see this working well on a 120-135mm wa petty with a wide blade though.

Just interesting and made me go outside of my usual method to give this a try.

[Jeff B]

I'm going to have to get a chainmail glove, so I don't earn the nickname stumpy, and start practicing this.

[BoostedGT]

I will probably drop the apple and lose some fingers in the process of trying this, but it definitely looks like a nice party trick

[bosco]

I would be terrified to try that. I have watched so many of these style videos that I hold my breath until the end every time

[ChefKnivesToGo]

Damn.

[nevrknow]

That’s a big ole bag of nope! No way I would have the guts to cut towards my hand like that on purpose.

No, I do not have faith in my skills.

Maybe one day but not to-day.

[ChefKnivesToGo]

I would love to trade that guy a knife for a 30 second video doing the same thing for our site.

[Jeff B]

[ken123]

Classic tevhnique. I first saw this on an earlier episode of yhe original Iron Chef performed by Iron Chef Sakai. It was done using a 230mm Nenox sujihiki, one of the first Japanese knives I ever purchased. He has done this at much higher speeds. Easily exceeds my skills.

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Ken