Sakai knives are only used by a limited number of people around Japan.
However, if we only take into account professional chefs, roughly 90% or more use Sakai knives. In addition to the professionals, our knives are also used by housewives who value high quality utensils. Though Sakai knives may be priced a bit higher than knives found at home improvement stores or the like, they can be treasured as knives that will last a lifetime.
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90% of chefs use Sakai knives.
All of a chef’s knives are Sakai knives.
This comes from exquisite sharpness woven by fire, iron, and human craftsmanship, together with a relationship of trust toward Sakai knives built over a long period of time. The city of Sakai provided a setting for the dawning of Japan. A settlement was already active there by the middle period of the Yayoi era roughly 2,000 years ago, and stone knives were in use. It is said that the first tools to be used by humanity’s ancestors were knives.
1573 saw the beginning of production in Sakai of tobacco knives used for chopping tobacco leaves. The monopoly sale of these knives, marked with the seal of Sakai, by the Tokugawa Shogunate spread the sharpness and renown of Sakai knives throughout Japan. Nothing can match the sharpness of tempered steel. As the result of 600 years of tradition handed down unbroken to the present day, Japan can face the world standing proud of its production of Sakai knives.
Similar to Japanese swords, Sakai cutlery is also produced through a process of forging. The features of Sakai cutlery are rooted in superior metalworking and sharpening techniques. This is a traditional characteristic of Sakai cutlery, recognition of which has resulted in designation as a traditional craft product by the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
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Sakai knives, crafted using the same blacksmithing techniques used for Japanese swords and renowned for their amazing sharpness, are used by an astonishing 90% of Japanese chefs. Discerning home cooks, however, will find these knives just as useful as any professional chef. A single knife can make cooking more fun, more delicious, and less time consuming than ever before. Our knives are shipped at no cost. Please imagine yourself in a Japanese knife store, and explore and enjoy yourself.
A traditional craft product is one handmade by artisans using techniques passed down since antiquity in Japan.
Out of the great number of traditional crafts, only those with over 100 years of history that are still practiced today are so designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Traditional craft products as designated by the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Sakai knives are made using the same techniques as Japanese swords, and are sharp enough to cut without damaging the cells of cooking ingredients. Sakai knives cut with precision and beauty, without harming the flavor or texture of food.
Sakai knives have a 600 year long history, and have been designated a traditional craft by the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Sakai knives can be resharpened, and their handles can be replaced. Though a bit more expensive than mass-market items, if well cared for, they can be passed from one generation to the next.
We bear the cost of shipping all knife products. We can also deliver in as little as four business days.
Additionally, packages are insured at the time of shipping, guaranteeing safe delivery to your door.
*The coverage of shipping insurance will be as provided by EMS
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A veteran business with 150 years of history
We are a leading and long-established vendor of Sakai knives, founded in 1860 as an ironware wholesaler, with a 150-year history manufacturing and selling high quality Sakai cutlery.
We are one of the few veteran establishments that have remained in the business of wholesaling traditional Sakai cutlery since the 1800s.
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