KIREAJI Blog About Japanese Knives

Handles Japanese knife from Sakai City.

Keep knife handles clean

Learn essential tips for washing and maintaining the handles of your Japanese kitchen knives. Discover how to prevent deterioration and ensure hygiene.

Keep knife handles clean

Learn essential tips for washing and maintaining the handles of your Japanese kitchen knives. Discover how to prevent deterioration and ensure hygiene.

Yanagiba Japanese knife from Sakai City.

Beyond Sharpness: Unveiling the Qualities of a ...

While sharpness is critical, the true measure of a knife's quality extends to its balance, handle design, and suitability for specific tasks, ensuring a perfect culinary tool for every chef.

Beyond Sharpness: Unveiling the Qualities of a ...

While sharpness is critical, the true measure of a knife's quality extends to its balance, handle design, and suitability for specific tasks, ensuring a perfect culinary tool for every chef.

The Origin of Craftsmanship

  • The Essence of Knife Making: Crafting a Story Through Material and Shape

  • Knife making is not just a craft; it’s the creation of a “story” by engaging with materials and giving them shape. Each piece of steel is hammered, heated, and shaped, transforming from mere material into a tool that fits the hand of its user. The moment when the steel takes form in my hands, as if it’s being infused with life, is the most rewarding part of the process.

  • That’s why I don’t just create knives that are sharp; I craft the “perfect strike” for the user. The story that unfolds during this process is the true value for me.
Sakai Traditional Craftsmen Collection

KIREAJI's Three Promises to You

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    1. High-quality Japanese Knive

    We offer knives crafted by craftsmen from Sakai City.

  • Honbazuke

    2. Genuine Sharpness

    To ensure you experience sharpness, we provide a free Honbazuke by our skilled craftsmen.

  • 3. Lifetime Knife Use

    Every knife comes with a free Saya(Sheath) for durability. We also provide paid after-sales services with Sakai City Japanese knife workshop.