We have started selling kitchen knives online from Takahashi Kajiya, a blacksmith workshop located in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture.
What makes Takahashi Kajiya's knives particularly distinctive is the "wakashi" technique, which has been passed down in the Izumo region since ancient times.
"Wakashi" is the same method used for Japanese swords, where steel and iron are layered and forged together at high temperatures. The "wakashi" technique relies entirely on the craftsman's experience, and it is said that managing the heating temperature and the force of the hammering is extremely difficult. If the temperature is too high, the steel will melt; if too little force is applied, it will peel apart; and if too much force is applied, it will stick too much. It is a very delicate and time-consuming process that can only be judged by sight. (Fruit knives are excluded as they have a single steel blade.)
Currently, Takahashi Kajiya is the only one in Shimane who can use this technique, and only a very few others in the entire country.
Please consider Takahashi Kajiya's exceptionally sharp knives!
Click here for a list of Takahashi Kajiya's products.
