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Fresh Pacific Natural Sharpening Stones: Every Sharpening Nerd's Dream

Fresh Pacific Natural Sharpening Stones: Every ...

Early each morning, Francis Liew ventures forth onto Jericho beach in Vancouver, BC, the ocean’s bounty calling him forth into the briny deep waters of the Pacific Ocean. Unlike the...

Fresh Pacific Natural Sharpening Stones: Every ...

Early each morning, Francis Liew ventures forth onto Jericho beach in Vancouver, BC, the ocean’s bounty calling him forth into the briny deep waters of the Pacific Ocean. Unlike the...

The Changing of the Guard: Ikeda-san Takes Over as 5th Generation Head of Anryu Hamono

The Changing of the Guard: Ikeda-san Takes Over...

It is not uncommon in Japan to see a family business continue for many generations. For example, in the Moritaka family, Tsuneshiro Moritaka is the 27th generation to be running...

The Changing of the Guard: Ikeda-san Takes Over...

It is not uncommon in Japan to see a family business continue for many generations. For example, in the Moritaka family, Tsuneshiro Moritaka is the 27th generation to be running...

What is a Gyuto, and Why do I Need One?

What is a Gyuto, and Why do I Need One?

The mighty Gyuto! If Ice Cube were to retire from rapping and follow his lifelong passion of becoming a  Chef, he’d scoop up a Gyuto and forever refer to it as the...

What is a Gyuto, and Why do I Need One?

The mighty Gyuto! If Ice Cube were to retire from rapping and follow his lifelong passion of becoming a  Chef, he’d scoop up a Gyuto and forever refer to it as the...

Wakasa Nuri, the Best Chopsticks Money Can Buy!

Wakasa Nuri, the Best Chopsticks Money Can Buy!

Chopsticks! Everyone has at least one pair kicking around. Often it’s the one you get with your grocery store sushi, tucked away in the dark abyss that we call a...

Wakasa Nuri, the Best Chopsticks Money Can Buy!

Chopsticks! Everyone has at least one pair kicking around. Often it’s the one you get with your grocery store sushi, tucked away in the dark abyss that we call a...

What's a Honesuki, and Why do I Need One?

What's a Honesuki, and Why do I Need One?

  Almost daily, while perusing our knives, a customer will be taken aback by a knife style they’ve never encountered before. Their eyes grow puzzled as they hone in on...

What's a Honesuki, and Why do I Need One?

  Almost daily, while perusing our knives, a customer will be taken aback by a knife style they’ve never encountered before. Their eyes grow puzzled as they hone in on...

How to Clean Your Ceramic Honing Rod

How to Clean Your Ceramic Honing Rod

Maintaining the Most Important Knife Maintenance Tool Most knife lovers know that regular honing with a ceramic honing rod keeps your edge sharp for as long as possible between sharpenings....

How to Clean Your Ceramic Honing Rod

Maintaining the Most Important Knife Maintenance Tool Most knife lovers know that regular honing with a ceramic honing rod keeps your edge sharp for as long as possible between sharpenings....