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Les Couteaux Japonais

Les Couteaux Japonais has 16 damascus kitchen knives in our survey for France, priced from €87 to €395. Its chef knives cost a median of €142. The core steel is named on 100 % of its listings and the layer count on 100 %.

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Survey of 14 November 2026
Score
73/100
Price 19/40 · Steel 26/30 · Listing 28/30
Listings
16
France
Median · Chef
€142
all brands: €189 ▼ −25 %
Steel named
100%
of listings state the core steel
Layers stated
100%
of listings give a layer count
Shown discounted
88%
of listings displayed a crossed-out price

Prices by type

Compared with the median of all brands in the same market. Green: cheaper than the market. Red: more expensive. Grey: within 5 %.

TypenMedian Les Couteaux JaponaisAll brands, FRLow – High
Damascus santoku7€130 ▼ −13 %€150€108 – €264
Damascus kiritsuke4€189 ▲ +27 %€149€132 – €230
Damascus chef knife3€142 ▼ −25 %€189€124 – €395
Damascus slicing knife1€152 ▼ −37 %€242€152 – €152
Damascus paring knife1€87 = −3 %€90€87 – €87

Core steels used

As stated by the seller, among listings that name a steel.

Core steeln%
VG101275 %
SG2319 %
AUS1016 %

All 16 Les Couteaux Japonais listings

KnifeBrandTypeBladeLayersCore steelPrice
CS105 - Couteau Japonais petit Paring damas 33 couches Saiun - Lame de 9cm en Les Couteaux JaponaisParing3.5"33VG10€93€87
CS007 Couteau Japonais Santoku damas 33 couches Sekimagoroku - Lame de 16.5cm Les Couteaux JaponaisSantoku6.5"33VG10€108
CY105 - Couteau Japonais Santoku damas 33 couches Minamoto - Lame de 18cm en aLes Couteaux JaponaisSantoku7.1"33VG10€147€112
CY104 - Couteau japonais Gyuto Minamoto 21cm - Lame en acier VG10 Damassé 33 cLes Couteaux JaponaisChef8.3"33VG10€160€124
CY201 - Couteau Japonais Santoku SP damas 17 couches Zen-Pou - Lame de 17cm enLes Couteaux JaponaisSantoku6.7"17VG10€140€125
CA007 - Couteau Japonais Santoku damas 33 couches Sakai Takayuki - Lame de 17cLes Couteaux JaponaisSantoku6.7"33AUS10€130
CA006 - Couteau Japonais Santoku damas 33 couches Sakai Takayuki - Lame de 18cLes Couteaux JaponaisSantoku7.1"33VG10€140€132
CA001 - Couteau Japonais Kiritsuke Santoku damas 33 couches Sakai Takayuki - LLes Couteaux JaponaisKiritsuke6.3"33VG10€140€132
CA004 - Couteau Japonais Wa-Gyuto damas 33 couches Sakai Takayuki - Lame de 21Les Couteaux JaponaisChef8.3"33VG10€145€142
CA012 - Couteau Japonais Sujihiki damas 33 couches Sakai Takayuki - Lame de 24Les Couteaux JaponaisSlicer9.4"33VG10€160€152
CA002 - Couteau Japonais Kiritsuke Gyuto damas 33 couches Sakai Takayuki - LamLes Couteaux JaponaisKiritsuke7.5"33VG10€172€153
CK201 - Couteau Japonais Wa-Santoku damas 17 couches Echizen Kamo - Lame de 17Les Couteaux JaponaisSantoku6.7"17VG10€230€198
CS106 - Couteau Japonais Kiritsuke Santoku damas 63 couches zuiun - Lame de 18Les Couteaux JaponaisKiritsuke7.1"63SG2€250€225
CS108 - Couteau Japonais Kiritsuke Sujihiki damas 63 couches zuiun - Lame de 2Les Couteaux JaponaisKiritsuke9.4"63SG2€260€230
CS201 - Couteau Japonais Santoku damas 33 couches Saji - Lame de 18cm en acierLes Couteaux JaponaisSantoku7.1"33VG10€314€264
CS206 - Couteau Japonais Gyuto damas 33 couches Saji - Lame de 21cm en acier RLes Couteaux JaponaisChef8.3"33SG2€490€395

The score out of 100 is the mean score of the brand's knives, with the same rules as the rankings: price against the median of the same knife type in the same market (40), stated core steel (30), layer count, blade length and handle stated (30). Sets are left out. Brands with fewer than five scored listings get no score. We have not tested these knives.