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What's the difference between a gyuto and a santoku?

What's the difference between a gyuto and a san...

Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 165mm Santoku, and 210mm Gyuto When people come into the shop looking for a new everyday knife, I usually steer them towards a santoku or a...

What's the difference between a gyuto and a san...

Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 165mm Santoku, and 210mm Gyuto When people come into the shop looking for a new everyday knife, I usually steer them towards a santoku or a...

The knife I use every single day

The knife I use every single day

Customers ask me this all the time: what knife do you actually use at home?

The knife I use every single day

Customers ask me this all the time: what knife do you actually use at home?

The questions we ask before recommending a knife

The questions we ask before recommending a knife

How I'd help you choose, if you walked into the shop today

The questions we ask before recommending a knife

How I'd help you choose, if you walked into the shop today

How we choose our products

How we choose our products

The story behind what's on our shelves: how we find high-quality knives and tools, and why we won't sell anything we haven't tested ourselves.

How we choose our products

The story behind what's on our shelves: how we find high-quality knives and tools, and why we won't sell anything we haven't tested ourselves.

Japan Trip May '26

Japan Trip May '26

Earlier in May I went to Japan, visited a few suppliers and explored Tokyo and Osaka. I'm just now getting around to looking through my photos, and I wanted to...

Japan Trip May '26

Earlier in May I went to Japan, visited a few suppliers and explored Tokyo and Osaka. I'm just now getting around to looking through my photos, and I wanted to...

Tosa Tsukasa Shirogami 1 Knives are stocked up!

Tosa Tsukasa Shirogami 1 Knives are stocked up!

We've recently received a batch of knives from Tosa Tsukasa. They are hand forged in Tosa, a city on Shikoku island that has a deep history of forged tools and...

Tosa Tsukasa Shirogami 1 Knives are stocked up!

We've recently received a batch of knives from Tosa Tsukasa. They are hand forged in Tosa, a city on Shikoku island that has a deep history of forged tools and...