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October 21, 2024 Topics
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Yoshimi Kato R2 Black Damascus Chef’s Knives with Elegant Ring Ebony Handles
September 3, 2024 TopicsDamascus KnivesBrandsSteel Qualities
We’re pleased to announce Yoshimi Kato SG2/R2 Damascus Gyuto Knives 210mm with Elegant Orange / Rose-Ring Ebony Handles Handle have get in stock. This series features beautiful Damascus-patterned blades with very hard R2 core, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge. Mr. Yoshimi Kato, one of the most promising blacksmiths, received the certification …
Customer took a video as a feedback- Thanks!
June 24, 2024 TopicsDamascus Knivesabout Hocho
A customer bought a knife and took a video, we’re very happy to have heard his voice. He opend a carton box and used the knife to cut an orange. The video seems helpful especially for first-time buyers, who intend to buy items at the store but have vague feeling of anxiety. If you have …
Greatest Attraction of Honyaki Knives
March 31, 2024 Topicsabout HochoSteel Qualities
The distinctive feature of a Sakai knife is in the combining of jigane and hagane. Starting with single-edged, layered knives, swordsmiths of the early Meiji era who during sword prohibition found themselves unable to forge swords, began to use their techniques to forge knives, hoping to fix the shortcomings of these knives and starting the …
Misuzu Stylish VG10 Brass-Urushi Kiritsuke Kitchen Knives
March 10, 2024 Topics
The Misuzu VG10 Core series feature stylish sharp form with a core of VG10 high carbon stainless steel with a hardness of 60-61 HRC, which provides excellent edge retention. The unique san-mai awase double-edged blade are fully handmade by master sharpener Yamato Miyawaki. The handles on these knives are rounded magnolia wood dyed Japanese lacquered …
Japanese Style Kitchen Knives used in French Restaurant?
March 2, 2024 Topics
Although western style knives are very popular, Japan has its own unique and amazingly sharp Japanese kitchen knives. The other day, a monthly meeting of cutlery wholesaler mates was held at a French restaurant where a member’s son works as a chef. Both the food and the wine were tasty, and just as everyone was …
Keiichi Fujii AUS10 Unique Suminagashi Damascus Chef Knives
January 7, 2024 Topics
We’re pleased to introduce to you that beautiful AUS10 Nickel Damascus Knives produced by Keiichi Fujii, a skilled knife master sharpener in Sakai, have been successfully launched. This damascus knife series feature unique Suminagashi Damascus-patterned blades with a core of AUS10 stainless steel with a hardness of 60-62 HRC. The blade provides excellent rust resistance …
Daisuke Nishida White Paper #1 Damascus Bunka & Kiristuke Nakiri with Special Custom Handles
December 21, 2023 Topics
We’re pleased to announce to you Daisuke’s Damascus Stylish Bunka & Kiristuke Nakiri Knives with special handles which are made with an inner core of Yasuki’s traditional Hagane — Shiroko / White Paper No.1 Hard Steel — supportedly by a layer of softer persistent steel for an exceptionally sharp and smooth cutting experience. Of particular …
Newly Launched! Sakai Takayuki Original SANPOU Model Shiroko Gyuto Knife
November 23, 2023 Topics
We’re pleased to introduce the Sakai Takayuki “SANPOU” model has successfully debuted, an original & special brand named after the Sanpou Forging Factory of Aoki Hamono. The SANPOU blade is made to put soft kitchen knife iron on Yasuki’s traditional Nihonko or Hagane — Shiroko / White Paper No.2 Steel — which has been widely …
Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI Heavy Ebony & White Turquoise Custom Chef Knife Series
November 9, 2023 Topics
The two high-grade handle versions of Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI custom chef knife series — with heavy ebony and white turquoise handles — have unique hammered texture blade which conjures numerous Japanese fireworks — got in stock and now available for sale. The custom handle on the knife is hand crafted out of heavy ebony & …
New Face of Yoshimi Kato R2 MINAMO Thunderstorm-Hammered Chef’s Knives
July 17, 2023 Topics
We’re pleased to inform to you that Gyuto, Kengata(Kiritsuke) Gyuto Knives have been successfully added to Yoshimi Kato MINAMO series. The MINAMO features the unique thunderstorm-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 …
Daisuke Nishida White Paper No.1 Damascus & Kurouchi Chef’s Knives with Special Custom Handles
June 2, 2023 Topics
Daisuke’s custom knife 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 …
Yoshimi Kato R2 Unique Bamboo-Hammered Chef Knives with Stylish Colored Resin Custom Handles
May 22, 2023 Topics
Yoshimi Kato SG2/R2 limited series feature unique bamboo-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 handle of the knife is hand crafted out of beautifully colored …
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 …
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. …
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