日本の包丁 · A curated guideOpening soon

The knife, and the hand behind it.

We visit the workshops of Sakai, Echizen, Seki and Tosa and meet the smiths behind the steel — then help you choose the one knife that fits your cooking. Honest guidance, a tightly curated shelf, shipped worldwide with duties included.

At launchFree worldwide shippingDuties included (DDP)Lifetime sharpening
Hand-forged Japanese gyuto knife with a hammered kurouchi finish and an octagonal wooden handle
4産地 Regions
600y+伝統 Heritage
30+ガイド Guides
12包丁の型 Types

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We're curating a tight, opinionated range from Sakai, Echizen, Seki and Tosa — a few knives we'd stake our name on, not a catalogue. Here are the types we focus on.

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We're opening with a tight, hand-picked range from Sakai, Echizen, Seki and Tosa — shipped worldwide with duties included. Leave your email and we'll tell you the day it goes live, with a first look before anyone else.

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Meet the makers

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Sakai

Six centuries of specialised handwork: in Sakai, forging and edge-sharpening are done by separate master artisans.

越前

Echizen

A blade-smithing town where knives are still fire-forged and finished by hand, one at a time.

Seki

Seven hundred years of swordmaking, carried straight into the kitchen — a lineage of sharpness.

土佐

Tosa

Free-forged, rugged and honest — tough hand-made blades built to work, not to be admired.

We don't sell every knife. We sell the one that fits your hand.