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Sakai Takayuki Homura Guren by Itsuo Doi – Aogami Kurouchi Hammered Chef Knives

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

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

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

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

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 …

Takeshi Saji Mt.FUJI & Torii Makie-Art Mirrored-R2 Damascus Slicer(Sujihiki)

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

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

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 …

Shigeki Tanaka Aogami Damascus Yanagiba back in stock!

The Shigeki Tanaka Aogami Yanagiba Knife series feature beautiful Damascus-patterned blades with a core of Blue Paper (Aogami or Aoko) No.2 Steel, known as traditional prime high carbon steel. This material has highest wear resistance and toughness because of special hardness (hardness of 63-64 HRC). Very good choice for high end Japanese kitchen knives. These …

New Face – Full-Hand-Forged IWAI FUMON Damascus Yanagiba Knives

We’re pleased to introduce to you that the FUMON Full-Hand-Forged Damascus Yanagiba Knives made by Takeshi and Takayuki Iwai have successfully debuted ! Iwai FUMON Yanagiba 210, 240, 270, 300mm On the surface of a blade are the beautiful “Fumon” or “Wind Ripples” Damascus patterns which come from forged many layers of iron and steel. …

YU KUROSAKI SHIZUKU Razor-Sharp R2 Chef’s Knives with White-Ring Rosewood Handle

Yu Kurosaki SHIZUKU series are crafted out of SG2 (Super Gold 2 or R2) micro carbide powder stainless steel, one of the hardest blade steel in the world, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness. The blade surface has unique & artistic SHIZUKU hammered texture which conjures droplets …

Shigeki Tanaka Popular Aogami Damascus Nakiri (Vegetable Knives) with Japanese-Style Stylish Handles

The Shigeki Tanaka Aogami Damascus Nakiri knives feature beautiful Damascus-patterned blades with a core of Blue Paper (Aogami or Aoko) No.2 Steel, known as prime high carbon steel. Today, we’d like to introduce his three popular handle versions of this Aogami Damascus knives. Tanaka’s Nakiri with D-shaped Magnolia Wood handle This material has highest wear …

Back in stock! Takeshi Saji R2 Diamond Finished Damascus Chef’s Knives with Red Turquoise Handle

Takeshi Saji R2 Damascus knives with its attractive red turquoise custom handle have been back in stock after a few months, and NOW is the time to get the special one for you. The blades feature Damascus-patterned blades with a core of R2 Micro Carbide Powder Stainless Steel for professional with a hardness of approx. …

New face released! Tokujyo Supreme Kurouchi Wide Bunka Knife by Sakai Takayuki

The Tokujyo Supreme Kurouchi Bunka Knife by Sakai Takayuki is made to put soft kitchen knife iron on Yasuki’s traditional Nihonko or Hagane, widely used for a very long time in Japan. The material makes extreme sharpness, very good edge holding and high working hardness. The octagonal shaped handle is made of Japanese yew (Taxus …

Newly in Stock! – Shigeki Tanaka Habakiri R2 Damascus Gyuto, Slicer & Petty

We’re pleased to announce that Shigeki Tanaka HABAKIRI Knives have got in stock (only a few pieces) finally after a long time. The HABAKIRI series represent high-status feature beautiful Damascus-patterned blades with a core of SG2 (R2) micro carbide powder stainless steel. Speaking to the Ebony Wood handle, the Japanese-Style Octagonal figure fits better comfortably …

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