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Welcome to our Knifemaking Knowledge Library!
Here you'll find information on our knives, how to care for them... and much more!
Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide opened in Osaka in 1953.

Learn from our third-generation family business!

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Welcome to our Knifemaking Knowledge Library!
Here you'll find information on our knives, how to care for them... and much more!
Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide opened in Osaka in 1953.
Learn from our third-generation family business!

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WHAT IS TRADITIONAL SAKAI KNIFEMAKING?

600 years of history
Swordmaking techniques
Are now knifemaking ones
Modern steel meets tradition

Hammering metals
Quenching steel
Attaching edges
A handle to finish

The best kireaji
Focused on R&D
Helping Sakai's artisans
Both master and apprentice

Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide

600 years of history
Swordmaking techniques
Are now knifemaking ones
Modern steel meets tradition

Hammering metals
Quenching steel
Attaching edges
A handle to finish

The best kireaji
Focused on R&D
Helping Sakai's artisans
Both master and apprentice

Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide

600 years of history
Swordmaking techniques
Are now knifemaking ones
Modern steel meets tradition

Hammering metals
Quenching steel
Attaching edges
A handle to finish

The best kireaji
Focused on R&D
Helping Sakai's artisans
Both master and apprentice

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