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Sakai Takayuki INOX Nanairo Usuba Vegetable Knives with Japanese Traditional Tortoiseshell Handle
May 17, 2023 Topics
The NANAIRO series by Sakai Takayuki festure the attractive traditionally-colored hygienic handles. The blades are made out of “INOX” Stainless steel AUS8A made-in-Japan steel, that has good sharpness and durability with Rust-resistance. The handles are Half Rounded Octagonal Lacquered ABS resin (an odorless, clean, antibacterial and enormously durable material) that recalls the images of …
NEW! Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI Chefi Knives with Turquoise & Ebony Stylish Custom Handle
May 9, 2023 BrandsSteel Qualities
We’re pleased to announce to you that New Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI with Turquoise & Ebony Custom handle has been first launched. The stylish custom handle on the knife is hand crafted out of turquoise & ebony wood, a high-grade, clean, very hard and enormously durable material that will last decades. It is so easy to …
Takeshi Saji VG10W Vivid-Rainbow-Colored Damascus Nashiji Chef Knives with Spotted Corian Handle
May 2, 2023 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
Takeshi Saji Rainbow-colored VG10W Damascus Nashiji series feature special blades with a core of VG-10-W (New Material) stainless steel cladded with multiple layers of rust-resistant stainless steel, brass and copper, which provides a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness and unique multi-metal-colored texture with custom-made feeling. The stylish handle on the knife is hand …
Made in Tokyo – “EDOUCHI” Sophisticated Chef’s Knives by MUNEAKI
April 22, 2023 BrandsSteel Qualities
This EDOUCHI knife series by Muneaki are creaated in collaboration with a designer as Tokyo Handicraft Certified Product, very rare and valuable right now because of a discontinued product line. The thin & narrow width of the blade, forged in traditional manufacturing method “Sohi-zukuri” originates from the Japanese sword-making technique, is made of Yasugi Shirogami …
Shigeki Tanaka R2 Black Damascus Chef Knife Gyuto with Custom Desert Ironwood Handle
April 17, 2023 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
Shigeki Tanaka’s R2 Black Finished Beautiful Damascus Chef Knife with Ironwood Handle series must impress you, because the knives are extraordinarily sharper by his own quenching than all the other SG2 blades and that the custom handles have better figure to fit your hand. This Black-finished Japanese SG2(R2) stainless steel is one of the hardest …
[Left Handed] Sakai Takayuki Tokujyo Supreme Traditional & Stylish Kiritsuke Deba Knives
April 9, 2023 BrandsSteel Qualities
We’re happy to introduce the stylish but traditional version (for Left-handed persons) of Sakai Takayuki Tokujyo Supreme blade. The top of the blade features a stylish kiritsuke shape with the traditional deba body to slaughter/fillet fish. The Tokujyo is made to put soft kitchen knife iron on Yasuki’s traditional Nihonko or Hagane — Shiroko …
Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI Stylish Sharp Shape R2 Chef Knives with Wite-Ring Walnut Handle
April 2, 2023 BrandsSteel Qualities
New face of Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI series are available with rare striped-white handle. The SENKO-EI feature its sharp-pointed shape – “EI (sharp)” or “EIJIN (sharp knife)” in Japanese. The shining surface of the blade has unique hammered texture which conjures numerous fireworks, “SENKO”. The handle is made of octagonal-shaped walnut with striped-white ferrule for …
Yoshimi Kato MINAMO Beadily-Hammered R2 Chef’s Knives
March 27, 2023 Topics
Yoshimi Kato MINAMO series feature Beadily-hammered blades with a core of SG2 (Super Gold 2 or R2) Micro Carbide Powder Stainless Steel for professional with a hardness of approx. 63 HRC, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge. The stylish beadily-hammered texture attracts the attention of others and looks best in your kitchen. …
[Special for Left-handed] Sakai Takayuki ENTEN Arch-shaped Ginsan Damascus Sakimaru(Sashimi) Knives
March 23, 2023 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
The ENTEN Sakimaru Takohiki Sashimi Knife for Left-handed persons is our special order item, which features stylish Arched-shape with rare Ginsan Suminagashi-Damascus texture, which is forged and sharpened carefully one by one by skillful craftsmen in Sakai. Stylish Arched-Shape Ginsan Damascus Blade The combination of Ginsan stainless core & Damascus texture & Arched-shape is quite …
Shigeki Tanaka HABAKIRI SG2/R2 Damascus Knives with Ebony Handle
March 18, 2023 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
Shigeki Tanaka SG2 Damascus (HABAKIRI) Slicers with white-ringed Ebony Wood handle that represents high-status feature beautiful Damascus-patterned blades with a core of SG2 (Super Gold 2) micro carbide powder stainless steel, known as one of the hardest blade steel in the world, min.63 Rockwell scale(HRC). This Black-finished Japanese SG2 stainless steel is one of the …
Daisuke Nishida Shirogami No.1 Damascus Chef’s Knives with Special Custom Handles
March 12, 2023 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
Daisuke’s Damascus blades with special handles are made with an inner core of Yasuki’s traditional Hagane — Shiroko / White Paper No.1 Hard Steel, which has been widely used for a very long time in Japan — supportedly by a layer of softer persistent steel for an exceptionally sharp and smooth cutting experience. Of particular …
Sakai Takayuki Kasumitogi Traditional Chef Knife Series with Buffalo Tsuba Handle
March 8, 2023 Topics
The Kasumitogi series with Buffalo Tsuba by Sakai Takayuki is a reasonably priced line but a cut above the plastic tsuba version. This traditional forged knives are work well for first time users as well as more experienced chefs. It is made to put soft kitchen knife iron on Yasuki’s traditional Nihonko or Hagane — …
Yoshimi Kato R2 Black Damascus Chef Knives with Classic Urushi Lacquered Oak Handle
March 3, 2023 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
We’re pleased to introduce Yoshimi Kato SG2/R2 Damascus Knives with classic urushi lacquered oak handle. This series features beautiful Damascus-patterned blades with very hard R2 core, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge. The handle is made of Half Rounded Octagonal Oak Wood dyed Japanese Lacquered (Urushi) for beauty and durability. Mr. Yoshimi …
Japanese Traditional Version of GINGA 69-Layer ZA-18 Damascus Chef Knives by Sakai Takayuki
February 22, 2023 Damascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
The Japanese traditional handle versions of GINGA ZA-18 Damascus knives has successfully been launched, good combination of blade color and traditional urushi handle. These knives have a seriously sharp edge, extremely hard (hardness : 61-63 HRC), excellent edge retention and a light center balanced feel. The blades are crafted out of a 69-layer Damascus Stainless steel …
Kei Kobayashi R2 Special Finished Chefs Knives with Red-Ring Octagonal Rosewood Handle
February 18, 2023 BrandsSteel 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 …
