Shigefusa Wagyuto Kasumi 240mm and 270mm Swedish Steel Blade Arrived.

It has been for a long time to see Shigefusa Wagyuto probably since I stopped ordering Shigefusa. I just received one of each Shigfefusa 240mm and 270mm Kasumi Swedish pure carbon steel blade with wood cover Yesterday. Of course, they are not someone's orders, so they are fist come first serve. If you are interested in those knives, please send me e-mail at aframestokyo@yahoo.com Please click here to see more pictures Please click here to see more pictures

Japanese Single Bevel Blade Knife

There might be many issues and Pro & Con either Double Edge Blade and Single Bevel Blade. There are so much things describing about them, and it is very hard to organize the history, how they work, and talking about the feature of the each blades, so I will describe little by little whatever comes out in my mind. At the beginning, I will share you with my experiences from childhood. I am born and raise in Japan until graduated collage, and I am left hand person, so I had always confused how to use scissors and right hand set-up single bevel edge knife. I remember that I got big cut on my index finger during cutting apple, and I had several stitch on the finger, when I was 4 or 5 years old. The stitches are still on my right hand index finger. I also recall the doctor office and the suture is so soar and cried a lot. During entire my childhood age, and early adulthood like 20 years old age, I thought that I love to make something, but I am a very clumsy person, because I am not good at writing and drawing (I am write and draw right hand, not original left hand) and I cannot even cut straight with utility knife whatever I cut. I started on working restaurants 20 years old as part time job, and after that, I have worked so many restaurants, but I always had had troubles with cutting not like everybody else. Especially, the time using right hand set-up single bevel edge knife with my left hand. However, I realized that I had used wrong knife(right hand set-up) with wrong side of the hand (left hand). ******The right hand set-up single bevel edge slightly move to the left side, when we want to cut or slice straight down, and the left hand set-up single bevel edge slightly move to the right hand side, when we want to cut or slice straight down.******** Therefore, we should try to cut or slice little bit off the line of straight down to outer side, and then we are able to cut or slice straight. Why is it set-up like that? The double bevel edge always goes straight to cut or slice, and it works easy. Why do we need the single bevel edge? (to be continued)

New Shigefusa Knives will come in soon

We will get in: 4 pieces of Shigefusa Santoku 165mm Kasumi Sweden pure carbon steel blade knives, and 1 piece of Shigefusa Santoku 165mm Kitaeji Sweden pure carbon steel knife on January 11. If you are interested in those knives, please send us e-mail at aframestokyo@yahoo.com Thank you.

49th. Food & New Products Show

We will have the booth in 49th Food & New Products Show at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. I will bring in lots of cooking knives, sharpening stones, and razors. My Booth is #198 where is near by the front door. 10/18(Fri)----5:00PM to 10:00PM 10/19(Sat)---10:00AM to 9:00PM 10/20(Sun)---10:00AM to 5:00PM Please click here to see the Food and New Products Show website

Makiri Knife by Masashi Yamamoto

Masashi Yamamoto Makiri 165mm Blackish finish white II steel blade with Magnolia handle and wood cover Please click here to see extra pictures! It is hard to translate the word MAKIRI in English with my knowledge and vocabulary, but if I am not afraid of the mistakes and translating it, MA means space or evil spirit or devil, and KIRI means cutter or slasher in Japanese, so MAKIRI means space cutter (time crunch), or evil spirit cutter or devil slasher. Fishermen is the job that has deep relationship with Mother Nature, so they concern premonition a lot, so they do not want to carry to work on their fishing boat with bad time (feeling) or evil spirit, so they might put on the name of the knife MAKIRI. MAKIRI is carried with them any situations, so it must be handy man and life line. Makiri knife is used by fishermen and fish cutters in fish market or fish product Company. Fishermen in northern part of Japan carry it all the time on their fishing boat or time to fix their net or equipments. It is comfortable to carry the small makiri knife, and it is great for fillet fish or squid or cutting rope or net. Mr. Masashi Yamamoto is the one of three main blacksmiths in Yoshikane, and now, he owns his own business. His older brother takes over Yoshikane business. Please click here to see more detail

Shigefua knives will arrive Tomorrow

We will get Shigefusa: Yanagiba Kasumi 300mm Deba Kasumi 150mm Wa-Petty Knife Kitaeji 135mm Wa-Petty Knife Kasumi 135mm

Ebony handle for Japanese cooking knife

We sell and install ebony handle and some other exotic wood handles now. We are able to just sell the handle or we are also able to install the handle with $25 installation fee. We are able to place the order custom handle for you with ebony, sandalwood, and quince. Please click here to see Japanese Knife Handle page