Founded in 1932, YAXELL is a machine-made knife brand located in Seki, Japan. Japan's high-end kitchen knives are concentrated in the field of handmade knives, while machine-made knives are more focused on household knives, such as Makusaku, Gu Ryoji and Tojiro, all of which are mainly ordinary kitchen knives. YAXELL is one of the few brands that focus on high-end machine-made knives, is the main competitor of the Xun series, its high-end product line is well-known in China, and it is also one of the few Japanese kitchen knife brands to develop the Chinese market.
 
In order to focus on the international market, YAXELL launched the high-end product line "Arashi" in 2006, and after the success, it launched the "Chaohao", "Hao", "Shan" and "Wen" series, which are also named after Japanese characters, forming the classic product line of YAXELL. Among them, the "Chaohao" series is only for overseas markets and is not sold in Japan.
 
The "Chaohao" series is the top product line of YAXELL, the blade body is 161 layers of Damascus steel, the Fuji series is the standard Xun, the knife core is SG2 powder steel, the hardness is about 63HRC, and the overall performance has reached the level of top kitchen knives. The price of "Chaohao" is about 2000 yuan, compared with the limited edition series of knives, although the details and pattern styles are slightly lacking, but this price is more realistic. "Hao" is a downgraded version of "Chaohao", which also uses SG2 powder steel, but Damascus steel has fewer steel layers, and the price drops to about 1,500 yuan.
 
The Arashi series is a classic best-selling series of YAXELL, the core is made of VG-10 steel, the hardness is 61HRC, basically the hardness of the Japanese kitchen knife above 60HRC, the sharpness is completely guaranteed. Lan series in the Chinese market main three commonly used knife type, cattle knife, Sande knife and Chinese kitchen knife, Chinese knife due to the large blade, the price is about 500 yuan expensive, Sande knife and beef knife are Japanese knife, if you prefer Chinese cuisine, it is recommended to choose Sande knife, suitable for direct cutting, and cattle knife is more suitable for slicing, Lan series knife price is between 1000 and 1500 yuan.