Tojiro Knives Any good?

Hey guys,

I have the opportunity to buy a Tojiro Yanagi and Usuba for the $150. I have only ever owned a western style Japanese knife and never a single bevel blade. I will be buying these with the intention of education. Something to learn the geometry and dynamics of an actual single bevel knife. My question is whether Tojiro carries a good enough reputation to merrit the $150 investment?

I love my Tojiro knives. It's a great budget knife, and I have been using some of them for 10 years.

Tojiro are great knives for the money IMO. They were my first "real" knives after Shun and I still have a few. I like the shirogami ITK series. (Beware of the kiritsuke's though the grind on the belly can be way off and require a lot of work to correct.)

Just for another opinion, I bought a shirogami ITK petty and the edge had a nasty overgrind...guess it may be luck of the draw.

chinacats said:

Just for another opinion, I bought a shirogami ITK petty and the edge had a nasty overgrind...guess it may be luck of the draw.

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Mine was real bad as well. Made in China...

Avoid budget single bevel.

knyfeknerd said:

I love my Tojiro knives. It's a great budget knife, and I have been using some of them for 10 years.

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They are not what they used to be.

please don't compare the ITK shirogami line with the DP line or other lines, they are priced differently and if you order from a budget line you shouldn't expect the same as a more expensive line. The shirogami kurouchi line give you white steel at a cheap price but don't expect great grinding.

Benuser said:

Avoid budget single bevel.

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Benuser said:

Avoid budget single bevel.

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lus1:
Yes.