KNS BLOG
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Shoichi Hashimoto, the Knife Modeller
Shoichi Hashimoto calls himself a “Modelling Knifemaker” (造形刃物作家). At first you might wonder WTH does this mean, but once you go through some of his work, it suddenly makes perfect sense: Shoichi is an artist, a sculptor, and a knifemaker. Shoichi always design his work from scratch, then makes all the niecessary components, forges the Damascus steel himself and even sharpen the knife: a 100% one-man work.
This blog entry introduce some of Shoichi's super cool work.
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A few videos about rehandling
In this video, I demonstrated how to remove and install the WA handles on Japanese kitchen knives. -
How to friction fit a saya
When buying a knife with a saya, the saya often comes bigger and requires a pin to stop the knife from falling out. This post shows you how to make the saya friction fit. -
K&S Natural Horn Color Classification
While we normally classify horn into two types: black horn and blonde horn, I found that there are lots of different types of "blonde horn". In this blog, I explained the different types of blonde horn colors that I came accross over the years: black marble, jade blone, read marble and cream ivory.
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The Best Gear for the Perfect Yakitori
Yakitori is a traditional of Japanese cuisine. Varies parts of chicken are cut into bite sized pieces, put onto skewers and cooked on a special cha... -
Announcement: Domain name change and SALE
Knives and Stones Australia has been using the domain www.knivesandstones.com from the beginning, as it was easier to remember (IMHO). In late 2019... -
Ergonomics and Knife Balance
“What makes this knife different to that one?” It’s a question on everyone’s mind when choosing between knives that would serve the same purpose in... -
Announcement: Knives and Stones is Heading to the US!
I am excited to announce that Knives and Stones is launching the US operations. It has been a lot of hard work at the background to pull it off, bu... -
Travelling Cheap Utilitzing Frequent Flyer Program
As you probably know, I travel a lot. Domestically I often attend trade shows, meeting with distributors, and internationally I frequently trave to... -
Don’t buy a JR Pass, it is a rip off
I go to Japan too often, I can't remember how many times exactly, but I can tell you in 2018 was 6 times and 2019 is 5. Many of you ask me what is ... -
Where to buy Shigefusa in Japan?
About Tsubame-Sanjo (燕三条) While most of us only know about Sanjo (Kanji: 三条) being a major handmade kitchen knife center in Japan (along with Sakai... -
Japan trip, July 2019, Day 4: from Sanjo to Tokyo
We stayed at the Crowne Plaza Niigata. I don’t know, but at 5800yen (tax inclusive) per room per night is CHEAP by any measure (a similar hotel in ...
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