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These 4 piece timber knife holders are made in Japan, and are the perfect solution to showcase your knives. Knives not included.

- Timber construction

- 29cm x 36cm x 22cm (Widest x Height x Depth)

- top pegs 15.5cm apart

- bottom pegs 25cm apart

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This is a preorder product, stock will be shipped late October 2025

If you asked: "Give me a stone that isn't too soft, isn't too hard, has great feedback, is splash and go, and has its own base but won't cost me an arm and a leg,", we're reaching for the Shapton Kuromaku every time. 

Somewhat reminiscent of the Chosera (albeit with a slightly thinner stone), the Kuromaku are a splash and go dream. Softer than the Glass HR, harder than Suehiro Cerax, they represent excellent value. 

Grit: #5000 Fine (For Honing, or for edge polishing, use after the 1000)

Weight: 668g

Dimensions: 210 x 70 x 15mm

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– Plastic blade guard with felt lining
– 24cm length, 5.5cm height
– Most suited to 21cm chef knives

Please note, carbon steel blades, when not oiled, can rust when stored in blade guards lined with felt. Please ensure to completely dry and oil your carbon steel knives before using the blade guard, and not to store them in felt guards for long periods of time.  

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165mm Ginsan Core, Nashiji Soft Stainless Clad Bunka Knife.

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170mm Ginsan Core, Migaki Soft Stainless Clad Bunka Knife

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These Naniwa are excellent bang for buck, albeit being a little smaller than traditional stones. Great for touching up of Petty/Bunka/Nakiri size blades and smaller Gyuto.

• Medium-Soft
• Whetstone grit ＃1000
• Whetstone Size 175×55×15mm
  

165mm VG10 Core Black Damascus Clad Santoku Knife

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The Rockstar Series from Shapton improve on the GlassHR Series by removing the glass backing, and adding extra stone thickness for a longer lifespan. They are a hard stone that offers lighter feedback levels than other stones, but cut very fast, require no soaking, and are very slow to dish.  

• Overall size: 210 x 70 x 10mm
• Micron: 25
• Mesh: 500
  

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A classy, low-cost serrated bread knife made in Japan. The 27cm length makes for easy cutting of all types of bread.  

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1894- Mr. Tasaburo Shigematsu, a hardware wholesaler, introduced a new pocket knife with its blade and sheath folded by installing a small handle “Chikiri (tail)” on the blade, while inspired by the knife he brought back from Kagoshima.

He named it “Higonokami Knife” because many of his customers were in Kumamoto area (formally Higo country), which turned out to dramatically increase his sales. The blades have gradually changed their shapes. Unlike single-edged knives, the double-edged blades (V-shaped cross section) were in those days considered common. The earlier blades had a sharper tip (shape of a bamboo leaf), but now they have square shapes. The sheaths had a vertically folding style and a cross folding style, now the vertical one has to be custom made.

In 1911, at the First Kobe Export Articles Competitive Exhibition, Crown Prince (later Emperor Taisho) liked Higonokami on display very much and bought one, which is said to have helped its fame further spread.

The Higonikami is a fantastic traditional utility knife at a low cost. 

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