<![CDATA[Knife Japan: New Products - Sakura (cherry) handles]]> https://knifejapan.com Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:29:06 +0000 <![CDATA[Kawasaki Kajiya Kakiake-bocho Oyster Knife 80mm Recycled Steel]]> https://knifejapan.com/kawasaki-kajiya-kakiake-bocho-oyster-knife-80mm-recycled-steel/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:05:36 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/kawasaki-kajiya-kakiake-bocho-oyster-knife-80mm-recycled-steel/ Kawasaki Kajiya Kaki-ake-bocho | recycled leaf sring steel | 80mm・3.1" | Knife Japan

 

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Price: $74.02

]]>Kawasaki Kajiya Kaki-ake-bocho | recycled leaf sring steel | 80mm・3.1" | Knife Japan

 

Blade steel: Recycled leaf spring steel
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Price: $74.02

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Blade steel: Recycled leaf spring steel
..]]> <![CDATA[Yoshimitsu Kajiya Black-forged Wa-gyuto 180mm Shirogami #2]]> https://knifejapan.com/yoshimitsu-kajiya-black-forged-wa-gyuto-180mm-shirogami-2/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:03:55 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/yoshimitsu-kajiya-black-forged-wa-gyuto-180mm-shirogami-2/ Yoshimitsu Kajiya Wa-gyuto | shirogami #2 | 180mm・7.1" | Knife Japan

Love a good wa-gyuto. It translates to Japanese-style gyuto.

A gyuto by any other name, in a fine Japanese cutlery steel, with a Japanese style wa-handle, forged in Japan by a Japanese craftsman. Wa.<..

Price: $143.70

]]> Yoshimitsu Kajiya Wa-gyuto | shirogami #2 | 180mm・7.1" | Knife Japan

Love a good wa-gyuto. It translates to Japanese-style gyuto.

A gyuto by any other name, in a fine Japanese cutlery steel, with a Japanese style wa-handle, forged in Japan by a Japanese craftsman. Wa.<..

Price: $143.70

]]> Love a good wa-gyuto. It translates to Japanese-style gyuto.

A gyuto by any other name, in a fine Japanese cutlery steel, with a Japanese style wa-handle, forged in Japan by a Japanese craftsman. Wa.<..]]> <![CDATA[Yoshimitsu Kajiya Nakiri-chu 155mm Shirogami #2]]> https://knifejapan.com/yoshimitsu-kajiya-nakiri-chu-155mm-shirogami-2/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:10:35 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/yoshimitsu-kajiya-nakiri-chu-155mm-shirogami-2/ Yoshimitsu Kajiya nakiri-bocho | shirogami #2 | 155mm ・ 6.1" | Knife Japan

Ide san produces a variety of nakiri knives, some long, some tall, some small. Here we present the ゴルディロックス (in English, Goldilocks) 'chu' or medium size. Not too big, not too small, just right.

]]> Yoshimitsu Kajiya nakiri-bocho | shirogami #2 | 155mm ・ 6.1" | Knife Japan

Ide san produces a variety of nakiri knives, some long, some tall, some small. Here we present the ゴルディロックス (in English, Goldilocks) 'chu' or medium size. Not too big, not too small, just right.

]]> Ide san produces a variety of nakiri knives, some long, some tall, some small. Here we present the ゴルディロックス (in English, Goldilocks) 'chu' or medium size. Not too big, not too small, just right.

https://knifejapan.com/minomo-hamono-sabaki-bocho-sho-180mm-aogami-2/ Minomo Hamono | Kurouchi gyuto| 180mm・7.1" | Knife Japan

There are fish-oriented sabaki knives, and there are game-and-meat-oriented sabaki knives, and here we have a not-so-meaty sabaki knife forged with meat in mind. Nothing fishy about that.

Price: $170.20

]]> Minomo Hamono | Kurouchi gyuto| 180mm・7.1" | Knife Japan

There are fish-oriented sabaki knives, and there are game-and-meat-oriented sabaki knives, and here we have a not-so-meaty sabaki knife forged with meat in mind. Nothing fishy about that.

Price: $170.20

]]> There are fish-oriented sabaki knives, and there are game-and-meat-oriented sabaki knives, and here we have a not-so-meaty sabaki knife forged with meat in mind. Nothing fishy about that.

<![CDATA[Minomo Hamono Kawamuki 105mm (hounoki handle)]]> https://knifejapan.com/minomo-hamono-kawamuki-105mm-hounoki-handle/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 17:25:55 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/minomo-hamono-kawamuki-105mm-hounoki-handle/ Minomo Hamono Kawamuki | Aogami#2 | 105mm・4.1" | Knife Japan

Kawamuki - let's investigate.

Kawa - skin or peel, as in apple peel. Muku - to skin or to peel. There we have it, this Japanese k..

Price: $89.17

]]> Minomo Hamono Kawamuki | Aogami#2 | 105mm・4.1" | Knife Japan

Kawamuki - let's investigate.

Kawa - skin or peel, as in apple peel. Muku - to skin or to peel. There we have it, this Japanese k..

Price: $89.17

]]> Kawamuki - let's investigate.

Kawa - skin or peel, as in apple peel. Muku - to skin or to peel. There we have it, this Japanese k..]]> <![CDATA[Ikenami Hamono Honne-otoshi Bone Cleaver 125mm]]> https://knifejapan.com/ikenami-hamono-honne-otoshi-bone-cleaver-125mm/ Wed, 28 Dec 2022 18:18:34 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/ikenami-hamono-honne-otoshi-bone-cleaver-125mm/ Ikenami Hamono Honne-otoshi | Shirogami #1 | 125mm ・4.9" | Knife Japan

A cleaver with which to truly cleave. The Yakushika-no-honne-otoshi. 

A compact but still quite brutish cleaver that will deal quickly with bone of any description. Front-heavy, the b..

Price: $218.20

]]> Ikenami Hamono Honne-otoshi | Shirogami #1 | 125mm ・4.9" | Knife Japan

A cleaver with which to truly cleave. The Yakushika-no-honne-otoshi. 

A compact but still quite brutish cleaver that will deal quickly with bone of any description. Front-heavy, the b..

Price: $218.20

]]> A cleaver with which to truly cleave. The Yakushika-no-honne-otoshi. 

A compact but still quite brutish cleaver that will deal quickly with bone of any description. Front-heavy, the b..]]> <![CDATA[Sasaoka Hasami Sanuki-no-Megumi 150mm]]> https://knifejapan.com/sasaoka-hasami-sanuki-no-megumi-150mm/ Thu, 19 May 2022 15:35:43 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/sasaoka-hasami-sanuki-no-megumi-150mm/ Sasaoka Hasamiya | Sanuki-no-Megumi Bannou-bocho | 170mm・6¾" | Knife Japan

Sasaoka san forges scissors and shears as well as knives, and if there's one thing we've learned it's that the guys who forge two blades to work in perfect unison can certainly make a fine single blade. Case in point, the Sanuki-no-Megu..

Price: $210.02

]]> Sasaoka Hasamiya | Sanuki-no-Megumi Bannou-bocho | 170mm・6¾" | Knife Japan

Sasaoka san forges scissors and shears as well as knives, and if there's one thing we've learned it's that the guys who forge two blades to work in perfect unison can certainly make a fine single blade. Case in point, the Sanuki-no-Megu..

Price: $210.02

]]> Sasaoka san forges scissors and shears as well as knives, and if there's one thing we've learned it's that the guys who forge two blades to work in perfect unison can certainly make a fine single blade. Case in point, the Sanuki-no-Megu..]]> <![CDATA[Sasaoka Hasami Tosa-no-Daichi 150mm]]> https://knifejapan.com/sasaoka-hasami-tosa-no-daichi-150mm/ Thu, 19 May 2022 15:31:26 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/sasaoka-hasami-tosa-no-daichi-150mm/ Sasaoka Hasamiya | Tosa-no-Daichi bannou-bocho | 150mm | Knife Japan

Sasaoka san forges scissors and shears as well as knives, and if there's one thing we've learned it's that the guys who forge two blades to work in perfect unison can certainly make a fine single blade. Case in point, the Tosa-no-Daichi from Sasaoka Hasamiya.&nb..

Price: $210.02

]]> Sasaoka Hasamiya | Tosa-no-Daichi bannou-bocho | 150mm | Knife Japan

Sasaoka san forges scissors and shears as well as knives, and if there's one thing we've learned it's that the guys who forge two blades to work in perfect unison can certainly make a fine single blade. Case in point, the Tosa-no-Daichi from Sasaoka Hasamiya.&nb..

Price: $210.02

]]> Sasaoka san forges scissors and shears as well as knives, and if there's one thing we've learned it's that the guys who forge two blades to work in perfect unison can certainly make a fine single blade. Case in point, the Tosa-no-Daichi from Sasaoka Hasamiya.&nb..]]> <![CDATA[Unshu Yukimitsu Hamono Kataha Deba 110mm]]> https://knifejapan.com/unshu-yukimitsu-hamono-kataha-deba-110mm/ Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:10:18 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/unshu-yukimitsu-hamono-kataha-deba-110mm/ Unshu Yukimitsu Hamono | Single-bevel Deba-bocho | 110mm・4.3" | Knife Japan

While we could happily call this an ajikiri it does say deba on the box. Let's stick with that. Short, sharp, light, not in the least daunting (as some deba knives are), a knife for which you'll find plenty of applicat..

Price: $165.64

]]> Unshu Yukimitsu Hamono | Single-bevel Deba-bocho | 110mm・4.3" | Knife Japan

While we could happily call this an ajikiri it does say deba on the box. Let's stick with that. Short, sharp, light, not in the least daunting (as some deba knives are), a knife for which you'll find plenty of applicat..

Price: $165.64

]]> While we could happily call this an ajikiri it does say deba on the box. Let's stick with that. Short, sharp, light, not in the least daunting (as some deba knives are), a knife for which you'll find plenty of applicat..]]> <![CDATA[Unshu Yukimitsu Kensaki Petty Knife 150mm]]> https://knifejapan.com/unshu-yukimitsu-kensaki-petty-knife-150mm/ Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:38:17 +0000 https://knifejapan.com/unshu-yukimitsu-kensaki-petty-knife-150mm/ Unshu Yukimitsu Hamono | Kensaki Petty Knife | 15cm・5.9" | Shirogami #1 | Knife Japan

There aren't many single bevel kensaki petty knives about, and few as pretty as this one. Our photos really don't do it any justice.

We might have called it a ko-..

Price: $214.60

]]> Unshu Yukimitsu Hamono | Kensaki Petty Knife | 15cm・5.9" | Shirogami #1 | Knife Japan

There aren't many single bevel kensaki petty knives about, and few as pretty as this one. Our photos really don't do it any justice.

We might have called it a ko-..

Price: $214.60

]]> There aren't many single bevel kensaki petty knives about, and few as pretty as this one. Our photos really don't do it any justice.

We might have called it a ko-..]]>

Blade steel: Recycled leaf spring steel