Yosimitu Kajiya | Nakiri 160mm | Shirogami 2 | Walnut Bunka also known as Blue paper

also known as Blue paper steel due to the colour of the paper it came wrapped in

For over 100 years the family factory has made knives and is currently managed by the fifth generation blacksmith Mitsuo Nagao

They are nice and thin with a right handed bevel

These knives are crafted with precision

Santoku 三徳 translates to “3 virtues”

Yosimitu Kajiya | Nakiri 160mm | Shirogami 2 | Walnut Bunka also known as Blue paperYosimitu Kajiya is a family run Kajiya (Smithery) in the small town of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture and was established in 1937. Junichi Ide is the 3rd generation blacksmith at Yosimitu Kajiya and does all stages of the blade making; free forging his blades from pre welded Rikizai steel and grinding the edge by hand. Yosimitu Kajiya has always specialised in kitchen knives but also makes tools for the local agricultural and fishing industries, it is