Kitayama 8000 Grit Finishing Stone (without Stand)The famous Imanishi Kitayama is now back Knives and Stones, in a form of popular baseless version. Kitayama is one of the favourate stones for a lot of carbon lovers. While it is not extremely quick on modern alloy steels it does work extremely well on traditional carbon steels like the Hitachi Shirogami (White steel) and Aogami (Blue steel). It requires about 15 minutes of soaking before use, but once soaked, it produces a very nice and even finish

Grit: 8000

4mm at the heel

SG2 Hardness

At over 2KG in shipping weight

The Masamoto Sohonten VG Series Sujihiki 270 mm is a double-bevel Japanese slicer in MV molybdenum vanadium stainless steel

293 mm  Blade Height at Heel

This reactive carbon steel blade requires immediate wiping and drying after use to prevent corrosion

the diamond abrasive is electro-bonded to a thin layer of steel sheet

These knives will amaze you with their sharpness

The Sakai Takayuki Tokujou Edo Saki 180mm is a single bevel knife featuring Hitachi White 2 carbon steel

while the double bevel accommodates standard sharpening techniques

corner of his business (full of CNC machining centers)