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Japanese Popular Knife Brand by Ancient Swordsmith Fujiwara Kanefusa
June 22, 2021 Topics
“Fujiwara Kanefusa” is one of the ancient lines of famous master swordsmith. The family have been running the traditional production of Japanese swords in Seki city, Japan from Muromach era around 16th century. The family has been inheriting the technology of Japanese samurai sword making which is applied to producing high quality kitchen knives. Fujiwara …
RINKA, Gorgeously Designed Mirror Full-Engraved Knife Series by Sakai Takayuki
June 17, 2021 Topics
RINKA, gorgeously designed chef knife series, is forged and sharpened carefully one by one by skillful craftsmen in Sakai. On this blade, an historical HAIKU(Japanese seventeen-syllable poem) is specially hand-engraved, “Miru-hito-ni, mono-no aware-wo shirazureba tuki-ya konoyo-no kagami naruramu.” Full-Engraved Deba Blade 270mm and Traditional Kiri Box This Ginsan or Silver paper (Gingami) No.3 Steel knives …
Yoshimi Kato Aogami Super Kurouchi Chef’s Knife Gyuto with Urushi Lacquered Enju Handle
June 12, 2021 BrandsSteel Qualities
Yoshimi Kato Aogami Super KUROUCHI series feature beautiful Black finished texture with a core of Blue Paper Super (Aogami Super) Steel with a better hardness of approx.65 HRC, which provides excellent edge retention. The edge is specially formed like a clam (or HAMAGURI in Japanese), which shape helps release foods and cut smoothly. The octagonal …
Sakai Takayuki Homura Guren by Itsuo Doi – Aogami Kurouchi Hammered Chef Knives
June 7, 2021 BrandsSteel Qualities
Sakai Takayuki Homura Guren series features high quality Kurouchi knives hammer-forged by the skilled blacksmith Itsuo Doi using Blue 2 steel. Unique but tried and tested profiles, hand hammered finishes, and convex grinds make these lookers as well as performers. The Aoko or Blue Paper (Aogami) No.2 Steel Knife is made from famous Yasugi steel, …
Takeshi Saji VG10 Mirror Hammered Damascus Chef Knives with Micarta Handle
June 2, 2021 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
Takeshi Saji VG10 Damascus series feature beautiful mirror-hammered damascus blades with a core of VG-10 stainless steel for professional, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness and unique design with custom-made feeling. The stylish handle on the knife is hand crafted out of black canvas-micarta, an odorless, enormously …
Kei Kobayashi R2 Special Finished Chefs Knives with Red-Ring Octagonal Handle
May 29, 2021 Knife SharpeningBrandsSteel Qualities
Kei’s Knives feature special-finished blades with a core of SG2 (Super Gold 2 or R2) Micro Carbide Powder Stainless Steel for professional. The blade provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness. The hairline finished blade with skilled Kobayashi’s technique provides sharper edge than that by other craftspersons, and the …
Yoshimi Kato Sophisticated 63 Layer VG10 Damascus Hammered Chef Knife Series
May 22, 2021 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
Yoshimi Kato VG10 Black Damascus series feature 63 layers of Nickel Damascus-patterned blades with a core of VG-10 stainless steel for professional, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness. The surface of the blade is mirror-finished to highlight the Damascus texture for more elegance. The edge is specially …
SEKI KANETSUNE 45 layered Damascus Knives with Japanese Trad Rosewood Handle
May 17, 2021 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
Popular & stylish SEKI KANETSUNE KC-910 series feature 45 layers of Damascus-Hammer patterned blades with a core of AUS10 stainless steel, which provides excellent edge retention. The handle is made of luxurious Octagonal-shaped Darkbrown Wood with Plywood Bolster for beauty and durability. Chef Knife (Gyuto) Vegetable Knife (Nakiri) Petty knife KANETSUNE has been cultivated in …
Almost the last in stock, Legendary Shigeki Tanaka SG2 Damascus Gyuto & Santoku with Desert Ironwood Handle
May 12, 2021 Topics
Due to very limited inventory and their popularity, the legendary Gyuto & Santoku by Shigeki Tanaka are expected sold out as soon as they got in stock. The Black Finished Beautiful Damascus Blades with Ironwood Handle must impress you & your loved one because of the extraordinarily sharper edge than all the other SG2 blades in …
Yu Kurosaki SENKO R2 Firework-textured Nakiri & Slicer with Stylish Rosewood Handle
May 7, 2021 Topics
We’re pleased to introduce Yu Kurosaki SENKO Nakiri (Vegetable Knife) & Sujihiki (Slicer) with Octagonal Brown-Ring Rosewood Handle. The blade surface has unique hammered texture which conjures numerous Japanese fireworks. Nakiri 165mm Slicer 240mm/270mm The handle is made of Octagonal-shaped Rosewood with Light-Brown Honduras Wood Ferrule for beauty and durability. The blade are crafted out …
Takeshi Saji Mt.FUJI & Torii Makie-Art Mirrored-R2 Damascus Slicer(Sujihiki)
May 3, 2021 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
Takeshi Saji SG2/R2 Makie-Art series feature Damascus-patterned blades with a core of SG2 (Super Gold 2 or R2) Micro Carbide Powder Stainless Steel for professional, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness and unique design with custom-made feeling. On the beautifully Japanese lacquered (Urushi-nuri) saya sheath and handle, …
New Face of Aogami Super Kurouchi Hammered Stylish Knives by Sakai Takayuki
April 28, 2021 BrandsSteel Qualities
The new face of Sakai Takayuki beautiful Aogami Super Kurouchi series – Slicer 240mm – has been released! Slicer(Sujihiki) 240mm This Aogami Super Clad Kurouchi series feature beautiful KUROUCHI(Black) Tsuchime finished texture with a core of Blue Paper Super (Aogami Super) Steel with a better hardness of approx.65 HRC, which provides excellent edge retention. The …
Masamoto HC Japanese Virgin Carbon Steel Knife Series
April 19, 2021 BrandsSteel Qualities
The Masamoto “HC” series is made of pure Japanese Virgin Carbon Steel. The high carbon blade has extremely hard and sharp edge. Chef Knife (Gyuto) 210mm Slicer(Sujihiki) Petty Knife Well balanced Black pakka wood handle comes with a welded non-seam stainless steel bolster. We highly recommend the Masamoto Knives for your best cooking as well …
Sakai Takayuki Beautiful Coreless Damascus Knives with Excellent Edge Retention
April 12, 2021 Topics
The beautifully textured Coreless Damascus Kengata Chef Knives by Sakai Takayuki are made of VG10 & VG2 multi-layered whole damascus steel throughout the entire blade. These knives have extremely hard edge, more excellent edge retention (durability x2) and better sharpness (cutting x 1.5) than the standard VG10 blades. The stylish handle on the knife is …
Ho-wood Magnolia Saya Sheath with a high-grade Ebony Pin
April 12, 2021 Topics
The Wood Saya Sheath (or knife cover) is made of Ho-no-ki, or Japanese Magnolia wood, good to cover Japanese-traditional-style and Western-style knives. Ho wood is the perfect protection for knives — soft, moisture-resistant and contains no strong resins. The saya cover helps you to prevent damages on knives during transport. And the saya comes with …
