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Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI

Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI

The SENKO-EI is the line people tend to land on when they are ready to move beyond entry-level Japanese knives and want something that will last them a long time.

Yu Kurosaki SENKO-EI

The SENKO-EI is the line people tend to land on when they are ready to move beyond entry-level Japanese knives and want something that will last them a long time.

Maker Spotlight: Kurosaki Brothers Collection

Maker Spotlight: Kurosaki Brothers Collection

Yu and Makoto Kurosaki are brothers from Fukui Prefecture who together cover two of the most important parts of making a great knife: forging the blade, and finishing it.

Maker Spotlight: Kurosaki Brothers Collection

Yu and Makoto Kurosaki are brothers from Fukui Prefecture who together cover two of the most important parts of making a great knife: forging the blade, and finishing it.

Brand spotlight — Tsunehisa Cutlery

Brand spotlight — Tsunehisa Cutlery

Sakai, Tosa and Seki are three of the most respected knife-making regions in Japan. Tsunehisa works with makers from all three, which means one brand covers a lot of ground:...

Brand spotlight — Tsunehisa Cutlery

Sakai, Tosa and Seki are three of the most respected knife-making regions in Japan. Tsunehisa works with makers from all three, which means one brand covers a lot of ground:...

Collaboration: Chef & a Knife x GT Edgeworks

Collaboration: Chef & a Knife x GT Edgeworks

Cris found a French carbon steel knife from the 1970s that nobody was paying attention to. The right work brought it back sharper than most new knives out of the...

Collaboration: Chef & a Knife x GT Edgeworks

Cris found a French carbon steel knife from the 1970s that nobody was paying attention to. The right work brought it back sharper than most new knives out of the...

Brand spotlight — Sabre Paris

Brand spotlight — Sabre Paris

The right cutlery changes how a table feels. Sabre Paris POP does that without trying too hard — 16 colours, made in France, built for everyday use. Available in 16...

Brand spotlight — Sabre Paris

The right cutlery changes how a table feels. Sabre Paris POP does that without trying too hard — 16 colours, made in France, built for everyday use. Available in 16...

Maker spotlight: Tsukasa Shiro Kuro | Tosa, Japan

Maker spotlight: Tsukasa Shiro Kuro | Tosa, Japan

Tsukasa Shiro Kuro Tosa is a small town in Kōchi Prefecture with a long history of making blades. Not famous-on-the-internet long, genuinely long, going back over 400 years. The Tsukasa...

Maker spotlight: Tsukasa Shiro Kuro | Tosa, Japan

Tsukasa Shiro Kuro Tosa is a small town in Kōchi Prefecture with a long history of making blades. Not famous-on-the-internet long, genuinely long, going back over 400 years. The Tsukasa...