Tamahagane Iwasaki Western Razor

Iwasaki Tamahagane Western Razor had been made for overcome western razor from Solingen Germany (At the time, Western Razor from Solingen, Germany was NO, 1 in their quality and quantity in the world).


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Iwasaki Razor 45mm Sweden Steel Blade Arrived

I has been run out Iwasaki Razors but I just got Iwasaki 45mm straight razors with and without wood box Today.

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NAKAYAMA Maruka Natural Whetstones

We have got 11 of Nakayama Maruka Natural Whetstones for final sharpening for Razors
They are very hard to come by nowadays.


Here is the URL for the Nakayama Maruka




Here is the URL for the Nakayama Maruka

Japanese straight razor Kanetake 45mm white II steel blade

Kanetaka Japanese Straight Razor 45mm White II Steel Blade

I just got 4 of 45mm and 2 of 50mm Kanetaka Japanese Straight Razor.

They have very sharp edge that is for sure.

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Japanese chef knife Ikkanshi Tadatuna Petty Ebony Handle 2

This one is
Ikkanshi Tadatsuna Petty Knife 180mm INOX Blade with Ebony Handle without white Line.


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Japanese chef knife Ikkanshi Tadatuna Petty Ebony Handle

Ikkanshi Tadatuna 180mm INOX Blade Petty Knife with Ebony Handle with white line


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Hawaiian Koa & Burl Maple Knife Stand

No one sell what I want, so I just made it.

I used Hawaiian Koa and burl maple and birds eye maple.
I used Moribashi(metal chopsticks) stand for Ivory.

On the front panel of burl maple, there is one small spot that looks a bird flying.

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HAMON: Ripple lines of Japanese Knife

I always bought expensive knives even it is not suitable my skills.
I have really enjoyed work with those knives in restaurants where I used to work.

Japanese Samurai cleans up and takes care of his sword, and then he watch ripple lines, line of the blade, and mirror finish of the blade with the beauty, awe, and tranquil carefully, and then he think back on his mind.

How was Today?
Did I deal the thing very good Today?
Did I make wrong?
Am I walking a right track on my life right now?
Am I right person to have such a wonderful sword?
Is my mind clean and clear like the sword, and no cloud in my mind?

It is not religion but it might be close to philosophy.


When I have worked in restaurants with most of times, I have had with Ikkanshi Tadatuna knives which are more expensive than famous & high quality Masamoto knife.

Those Ikkanshi Tadtuna knives are over qualify my skills at that time.

Whenever I screwed up sharpening the knives (try & try but still dull edge coming out) or slicing Sashimi did not come out nice or peeling Daikon radish came out not even thickness, I felt the knife is so junk, but I thought back on little while, and then it is not cause of the knife. I must be something wrong on the somewhere on the whole processes or needs more practices.

To have high quality knife, we can’t just point on the knife making a reason that we can’t do it well.

It gives us time to think about it again to make it solve the problems.

Aritsugu Muki Knife 3 15/16 inch (99mm)

What a cute knife it is!


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Sharpening blade edges

The pictures of the knife is my first knife that I bought 24 years ago.
It was nearly 200 dollars at that time.

I had worked many restaurants as a bath boy and a waiter,and kitchen helper, but I was not a chef or a line cook yet, so it was not suitable knife to me, but I really want it even though I did not know how to sharpen the blade edge.

I was Fisheries college student, and I had to move northan fisherman's village near by the college 400 miles away from my parent house in Tokyo.
I did not find even a place to live, but I bought the professional level of the chef knife, and aluminium pots, and flying pan.
I just put them in my car and drove to the village for 10 hours, and my life without living with parrent was started.

I was so fun surfing everyday, and cooking fresh fish everyday,and, fisherman's boat everyday, and of course, I went school everyday.

Remember! My study was about fish, fish, and fish every day, except for little bit of chemistry, and physics, math, English, and German classes, so sutdying about fish is so fun to me.
It was just like kid playing ground or kid going picnic.

After graduated college, Most of times, I had worked in restaurants,and I used the knife a lot.
I guess the knife was 270mm when it was new, but it is 225mm now.
I have sharpened the blade so many times, and I did not know how to sharpen the blade at the begining, so I had to try to sharpen the blade so many different ways until I get it.

The tip of the blade was broken a couple times in kitchen too.
It made me feel so sad when the blade tip was broken.

I had learned how to use knife a lot from the knife.
It was nearly $200 24 years ago, but it is very reasonable price, because it has taught me a lot.
If it was $50 knife, I guess I gave away someone else, or I do not know where it is right now, or even I do not remember I had it.


Some people have mentioned me about the knives which I have sold are not hard to sharpen or hard to get sharp edges.
I have heard of peopel have talked about it in knife forum or the others websites.

Of course, I do not sell cheap stainless steel knife with soft blade, and what I sell is hard blade for professional, so it takes at least one hour to get sharp edge.

It is a safty reason for the knife or avoiding accident that sends the knife without sharp blade edge, and etc,.
Some of the brands knives are already sharpened by the manufactures.


If someone do not know how to sharpen the blade edge,the person should not buy from me, because the person have to sharpen the blade after dull the blade anyway.

However, I am always welcome a person who do not know how to sharpen the blade as I did not know how to sharpen my first knife.

I do also service to sharpen the blade without any cost.
I also do service to sharpen the blade for knives which were purchased from us with no cost.

If you think that knives purchased from us are dull, please send them back to us.
I will sharpen the blade for you.
Thank you.

Tamahagane Blade! Iwasaki Razor

I have got Iwasaki Razor Tamahagane Blade by Sanjo Seisakujo.
This is not for sale.
It is not easy to get Tamahagane and make Tamahagane blade razor.
Tamahagane is a very famous steel for made Japanese Sword as you might know.

Mr. Iizuka who makes Shigefusa knife had been an apprentice in Sanjo Seisakujo(Mr.Shigeyoshi Iwasaki) for 10 years, and then Mr.Iizuka wanted to be Japanese cooking kinfe blacksmith, so Mr. Shigeyoshi Iwasaki introduced Mr. Iizuka to Mr.Munenori Nagashima who makes Japanese sword and Kasumi knife.
Mr. Iizuka became an apprentice again to learn how to make knives to Mr. Nagashima before starting own business Shigefusa.

Sanjo Seisakujo was established by Mr. Shigeyoshi Iwasaki's father, Mr. Kousuke Iwasaki who is a very famous researcher for old Japanese sword and revival.
His life is everything related with Japanese sword.
He wanted revival Tamahagane which is used Japanese sword that is NO.1 steel in the world for blade.
He wanted to research old national treasure swords, and concealed documentations, so he went to Tokyo university which is NO.1 school in Japan, and got bachelor's degree with literature and maser degree.
Actually, he researched national class of treasure swords and concealed documentations, and then he went to the same school again NO.1 in Japan with engineering major in metallography.
He got bachelor’s science and master degree with metallography too.

He graduated two major bachelor and master for just wanted to be true his dream to make Japanese sword (Tamahagane blade).

Then he established Sanjo Seisakujo which makes world famous Iwasaki Razor.
He had kept on research steel for blade, and he has influenced a lot to Sanjo steel industry in Nigata, Japan, and has also influenced to steel industry in Japan a lot.



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White Bolster! Aritsugu Kamagata Usuba knife

I just uploaded Aritsugu Kamagata Usuba 180mm Blade Blue II Steel Knife Today.
Usually, my Aritsugu knives are brown or cream color Buffalo bolster, but this one has cream color plus white color on the bolster.
I think it is very rare color.


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