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Hello, It's actually 粟田口 not 栗田口. You read it "Awataguchi". It's a name of legendary swordsmith in Kamakura era. It's typical to use swordsmith name as brand name. Thanks, Kou

Special order for my friend. Sakai Kikumori Tuna Knife White #2 600mm Term of Agreement : Don't make me sharpen this bro.

Stones from Atago, from my experience and what merchants tends to say in Japan, is slightly on the harder side and does not release too much slurry. It's usually used to sharpen straight razors without nagura stones, but can be used to sharpen other carbon steel items like chisels and plane...

Have you tried using Nagura stone on it?

Hello, From my understanding name labeling don't have much to do with size and lines (if you're talking about discolored line). Take a look at this picture I took. From left to right 1. Ippon sen - Type 40 2. Ippon sen - Type 30 3. Gokujo - Type 30 (Smaller than Ipponsen and has lines) The...

Hello, I would agree with your dealer's advise, one stone between 800-1200 grit to sharpen, and one between 4000-6000 to hone the edge. You won't need any other stone until you're ready to mess with your knives like mirror polishing, thinning, re-beveling, etc. One another thing you must have...

Arashiyama / Takenoko is a synthetic stone containing particles broken down from natural stone. I personally recommend this stone for customers looking for synthetic finisher for laminated carbon steel with single bevel edge (chisels and plane blades for example) Not much as the full on natural...

If you're talking about the Kuromaku series (Pro series in English). I have about 9 sitting around. It's yours if you pay shipping. Thanks Kou

Size, shape, weight, mined location, layer, color, how fast it absorbs drop of water, then instinct!

Thank you all very much. Though my initial intention was to help answer some questions some members may have, we will consider becoming a sponsor. We have been expanding our knife selection and been doing interesting stuff like designing our original knives, custom knife ordering, manufacture...

Hello, I'm Kou from Hida Tools & Hardware Co. in Berkeley, CA. Many of my customers told me about this great forum and I decided to join today. We're working towards opening a full on knife store in bay area (not anytime soon), I'm here to learn and maybe able to help answer questions in this...