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June 14, 2013

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Japan Trip 2013

Out of Town Notice July 1st - July 21st   (Updated June 14th, 2013)Once again, it's time for our anual Japan trip. This year we're changing a few things. Normally, Sara and I both head to Japan for about a month in the fall. During this time, I train under a few different master craftsmen. This year, however, Sara will be staying here to run the store and process shipments, while I head to Japan for about 3 weeks. My Japan training trip will take place from July 1st to July 21st. Our store will resume normal hours again on...

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March 09, 2013

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Japanese Knife Imports in the LA Times

Japanese Knife Imports in the LA Times

How cool is this?  We are so excited and thankful for S. Irene Virbila for taking the time to come out and meet us.  Here's the article: Across the Table: Knife expert hopes to sharpen up chefs They also did a followup sidebar article, which you can find here: Finding a knife that cuts to the heart

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March 01, 2013

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Closed for a few days in March

A friendly reminder... We will be closed from March 2nd, reopening on March 8th. Click the link below for more info...http://www.japaneseknifeimports.com/out-of-town

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December 12, 2012

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The World of Hocho

By Sara Motomura-BroidaWe started JKI in March, 2010. For Jon, kitchen knives were something Jon always felt strongly about and was passionate about. To me, this world of hocho was something very new and, in a lot of ways, unknown. The word "shokunin" is most commonly used to describe craftsmen for kitchen knives. Some of them are qualified by the national crafts center and are referred to as "kogeishi" (master of crafts) or “dentokogeshi” (for example, the stickers on our Gesshin Hide knives certify that all of the work done on those knives was done by dentokogeshi in the traditional...

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December 10, 2012

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Have you ever wondered about Carbon Steel Knives?

If so, we've got a video for you ;) Hope you like is.  Let us know if you have any questions.-Jon

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November 23, 2012

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A bunch of new sharpening videos

This morning, we shot a few new videos on various aspects of knife sharpening/care.  Here they are... hope you guys like them...

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November 06, 2012

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Using Carbon Steel Knives

So, have you ever used carbon steel knives before? It takes a little bit of getting used to, but its not so difficult. A lot of what goes into using carbon steel knives is just common sense and learning how to work clean and be well organized. Carbon steel can be reactive when cutting acidic elements. This tends to be the biggest problem for people getting used to working with carbon steel knives. Learning how to deal with this is pretty simple. One very important thing to do is to keep a damp towel folded up in the corner of...

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