Toyama | Watanabe

Shuji Toyama (b. 1939) and Shinichi Watanabe are both Sanjo blacksmiths. They run separate workshops, but the two are closely linked by training and lineage. All knives here are handforged in Sanjo. The core steel is almost always Aogami #2, with other steels showing up only once in a while. Most are stainless clad, and from time to time we get iron clad damascus.

Both are known for their convex grind, which is a big part of their cutting performance and why they have the following they do. The two are very similar in terms of finish and performance, the migaki ones especially. Usually the kanji is how you tell them apart. Most stock is gyuto, the all-purpose Japanese chef knife. You will also see nakiris, sujihikis, and other knife types come and go with the stock.

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