K&S Yuepo — Built Around What Makes a Knife Cut Well
For more than a decade, the K&S team has worked closely with Japanese kitchen knives, handling and studying thousands of blades from hundreds of makers. Across different steels, regions, forging styles and price points, one thing has consistently stood out to us: great cutting performance starts with great geometry.
Japanese knives have long set a high benchmark, combining exceptional performance with distinctive aesthetics and generations of knife-making tradition. But traditional production also comes with natural limitations in output and cost, putting some of the best-performing knives beyond what many cooks want or need to spend.
Yuepo began with the idea of taking what we had learned from those knives and creating something of our own.
After more than 18 months of development, testing and refinement, we arrived at the K&S Yuepo — a range designed around the characteristics we value most in a working kitchen knife.
Performance Starts Behind the Edge
At the heart of Yuepo is its geometry.
The blade is ground thin behind the cutting edge, reducing resistance as it passes through food and creating the smooth, effortless cutting feel we associate with some of our favourite high-performance knives.
Rather than designing around specifications on paper, we focused on how the knife actually feels once it meets the board.
SLD — Performance Without the Fuss
We chose SLD steel 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 suits both professional kitchens and enthusiastic home cooks.
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 focus on the details that matter most — 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. It was 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 maintaining a clean, understated appearance.
From petty and utility knives to chef's knives and slicers, Yuepo is offered as a complete 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.
