Bunka Knife Collection

Embodying the elegance and essence of Japanese culture (文 化 “bunka”), the collection includes exceptional knives to enhance your culinary experience: Kiritsuke, Santoku, Petty and Paring Knife.

Distinguished by their angular and reverse blade profile, giving them unrivaled precision compared to conventional and rounded blade profiles, BUNKA knives are also characterized by their octagonal handle made of hand-polished ebony wood.

• 100% handmade
• Ultra-sharp Japanese 440C high-carbon stainless steel
• Hidden full tang
• Ebony handle
• HRC hardness: 60 +/-1
• Perfectly balanced
• Bamboo Saya (sheath or blade cover) included with each knife
• Lifetime warranty

Besides its aesthetic appeal, the “Tsuchime” (槌目) - hammered pattern creates tiny pockets of air between the blade and the food being cut. This ancestral Japanese method reduces drag, thus preventing food from sticking to the blade.