Sakai Takayuki is another brand in Sakai, perhaps the most well known brand in the region. Sakai Takayuki was founded in 1947 as a distributor of Sakai knives, which actually makes them a relatively new company in the area (some Sakai companies have been around more than 100 years). Despite...
If you're giving a knife as a gift, it's obviously because you want to give the coolest present ever. You want the recipient to squeal with delight after opening the box! The last thing you want is for them to say "Oh, a knife. That's nice thank you." You want them to...
So, you broke your knife tip. I know your pain, I’ve done it too. Sometimes you just set the knife down a little too vigorously, or your coworker fires it into the sink, or you simply just drop it and next thing you know, it’s missing its tip. While chipping...
Charcoal is everywhere now. You see it in your soaps, toothpaste, and you've maybe even had a couple scoops of ice cream that were charcoal infused. Nowadays charcoal is popping up everywhere and in most cases, they’re in places you never think you needed it in. All these years that I’ve...
So you got a Japanese kitchen knife? Congrats! A Japanese kitchen knife makes cooking safer and way more fun, but it helps if you follow a few steps to take good care of your knife. This will help the knife to be as safe as possible and stay sharp longer. If...
As the name implies, Small Makers Month some of the smaller-scale blacksmiths that we've met in Japan, who we absolutely love the work of. These are folks like Mazaki-san or Manaka-san who you'll often catch at our Garage Sales, but they don't make nearly enough knives for us to stock them...
