Knives and stones
Kitchen knives are a lifetime investment - CHOOSE THE BEST
The best knives are well balanced and have a comfortable positive grip in the hand.
All our collections have blades of hand forged high carbon and stainless steel. Both are razor sharp cutting edge and retain the sharpness well.
Beauty of sharpness
When it comes to slicing, dicing and chopping with the great knife saves you time and trouble. We’ve all had an experience where tears come to our eyes while slicing onions. Have we suspected that the real reason is the knife? A dull blade ruptures the cell of an onion. Since cooking knives are used daily for your cooking, selecting good quality ones that have durability, strength and balance is a must to have. Our collections are all hand made by artisans whose skill is not something like a machine, artisan’s hand, trained through years of experience. That brings knives to perfection, highest standards of quality and sharpness for perfect cutting.
Japanese knife style
The Japanese style knives are sharpened or grounded only on one side of the blade which creates a razor sharpness and allows for delicate work. For slicing boneless fish fillets into sashimi. Yanagi is the perfect one to do this job. The thin blade cuts beautiful slices in one drawing stroke, smooth, glossy surface. Razor sharp blade cuts through the flesh without crushing or bruising it and enhances the flavor of the fish. The Nakkiri vegetable knife is the perfect one for julienning, peeling and super thin slices(Katsura-muki)
Initial Knife sharpening service – HONBAZUKE本刃付
With the purchase of a new knife at HITACHIYA USA, you will receive free initial knife sharpening service as an optional. This initial sharpening service “Honbazuke” is to enhance the sharpness of blade from factory edge.
The professional chefs do this process to make blade sharper than standard level for their sensitive work.
Our professional knife sharpener will use 3 different whetstones, coarse, medium and fine grit to make your knife razor sharp. Please note that it might slightly leave a sharpening mark on the surface. We do not recommend it for cutting harder food use. It does not need to be done for household use. All our knife collections are very sharp.
Please note that all sharpened knives are not returnable or eligible for exchange.
Please contact us for your request,
Left handed knife
Wheatstone
Whetstones are used to sharpen the edges of steel tools such as knives through grining and honing. They may be composed of natural quarried material or from man-made material. They come in various grades, which refer to the grit size of the abrasive particles in the stone. Grit size is given as a number, which indicates the spatial density of the particles; a higher number denotes a higher density and therefore smaller particles, which give a finer finish to the surface of the sharpened object.
