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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...

Japanese vs German Knives

Japanese vs German Knives

Which One Is Actually Right for You? The debate is real. The answer depends on how you cook. There's a question we get asked constantly, usually by someone standing at...

Japanese vs German Knives

Which One Is Actually Right for You? The debate is real. The answer depends on how you cook. There's a question we get asked constantly, usually by someone standing at...