About the Maker - Kitasho

Kitasho Co., Ltd. is a wholesale trading company of all bladed products, located in Seki city, Japan. It was established in 1964 and has been making cutlery and wholesaling since 1930. It produces high quality traditional knives suitable for everyday life, such as outdoor knives, kitchen knives, scissors, nail clippers, and various other cutlery products. It also has its own brand of Seki Kanetsune, which is named after a famous swordsmith who lived in the Muromachi period and made extremely keen and tough katanas.

About the Shape - Santoku

The Santoku (三徳) is a versatile multi-use Japanese knife, famous for the translation of its name, ‘three virtues’. The three virtues are said to refer to the Santoku’s versatility in use for chopping, slicing and dicing, or the primary range of ingredients that it can be used for: fish, meat and vegetables.

About the Steel - Aogami

Developed by Hitachi Metals in Japan, the Aogami (Blue) series steel has a high amount of carbon meaning good edge retention. Special care must be taken as knives made with these steels are prone to rust.

Kanetsune Seki Aogami Santoku 180mm

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Kanetsune Seki Santoku Knife Carbon Blue Steel AOGAMI KC-921 180mm

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