K&S Yuepo SLD Nashiji Santoku 180mm, Ebony Handle

K&S Yuepo — Built Around What Makes a Knife Cut Well

For more than a decade, we’ve worked closely with Japanese kitchen knives at K&S, handling and studying thousands of blades from hundreds of different makers. Across different steels, regions, forging styles and price points, one thing has always stood out to us: great cutting performance starts with great geometry.

Japanese knives have long set a very high benchmark, combining exceptional cutting performance with distinctive aesthetics and generations of knife-making tradition. But traditional production naturally comes with limitations in both output and cost, and that can put some of the best-performing knives beyond what many cooks want or need to spend.

Yuepo started from a simple idea: take what we’ve learned from all those knives over the years and build something of our own. After more than 18 months of development, testing and refinement, we arrived at K&S Yuepo — a range built around the characteristics we value most in a working kitchen knife.

Performance Starts Behind the Edge

At the heart of Yuepo is the geometry.

The blade is ground thin behind the cutting edge, reducing resistance as it moves through food and creating the smooth, effortless cutting feel we associate with some of our favourite high-performance knives.

Rather than designing the knife around specifications on paper, we focused on something much more practical: how the knife actually feels once it meets the board.

SLD — Performance Without the Fuss

For the steel, we chose SLD for its balance of edge performance, toughness and practicality.

It offers substantially better stain resistance than traditional carbon steel while retaining much of the crisp cutting feedback and easy sharpening that make carbon steels so enjoyable to use. The result is a forgiving steel that works equally well in a professional kitchen or in the hands of an enthusiastic home cook.

Designed by K&S

Yuepo is designed and developed by K&S and manufactured in China to our specifications.

Having direct control over the design and manufacturing process allows us to concentrate on the details that matter most to us — geometry, heat treatment, fit and finish — while keeping the range at a highly accessible price point.

The objective was never simply to make a lower-priced knife. We wanted to make a knife we genuinely enjoy cutting with.

Yuepo (月魄)

The name Yuepo is inspired by the moon-like texture across the blade surface, giving the range its distinctive character while still keeping the overall appearance clean and understated.

From ko-santoku, santoku and bunka through to K-tip gyuto, gyuto and sujihiki, Yuepo is offered as a family of profiles, allowing you to build a collection with a consistent look, feel and cutting philosophy.

Developed from a decade of experience. Designed around geometry. Made to be used.