The Kenji
Steel: 20-layer Carbon/Nickel Suminagashi Steel
Core: Shiro2 Ultra High Carbon
Handle Material: 200 Year Old American Black Walnut
Blade Finish: Nashiji
Blade Length: 170mm (6.6 inches)
Overall Length: 295mm (11.6 inches)
Spine Width: 2.4mm average
Weight: 134g (average)
Grind type: Flat
We hope you love your new knife as much as we loved making it.
The blade profile is informed by Kenji’s decades of experience and designed to be precise, intuitive, functional, and balanced. The perfect blade for every day use.
Each piece is individually hand-forged in Falls City, OR, using 20-layer suminagashi steel from Takefu Special Steels, featuring a Shiro2 ultra high carbon core—engineered for exceptional sharpness and precision. Hammered under a Sakamoto Shiki spring hammer, the steel is finished in the traditional nashiji style, which creates a lightly textured surface that keeps food from sticking to the face of the blade and gives each knife a unique appearance. The bevels are ground on a Kyowa Japanese water wheel, then acid-etched to reveal the layered suminagashi pattern. Each handle in this limited batch is hewn from stabilized black walnut, sourced from a 200-year-old tree in downtown McMinnville, Oregon, and accented with bands of Kenji’s signature colors: Guava Pink and Golden Yolk.
Each knife is a singular creation—born of heritage, collaboration, and material integrity, as beautiful as it is functional.
Orders are limited to two items per person.
Steel: 20-layer Carbon/Nickel Suminagashi Steel
Core: Shiro2 Ultra High Carbon
Handle Material: 200 Year Old American Black Walnut
Blade Finish: Nashiji
Blade Length: 170mm (6.6 inches)
Overall Length: 295mm (11.6 inches)
Spine Width: 2.4mm average
Weight: 134g (average)
Grind type: Flat
We hope you love your new knife as much as we loved making it.
The blade profile is informed by Kenji’s decades of experience and designed to be precise, intuitive, functional, and balanced. The perfect blade for every day use.
Each piece is individually hand-forged in Falls City, OR, using 20-layer suminagashi steel from Takefu Special Steels, featuring a Shiro2 ultra high carbon core—engineered for exceptional sharpness and precision. Hammered under a Sakamoto Shiki spring hammer, the steel is finished in the traditional nashiji style, which creates a lightly textured surface that keeps food from sticking to the face of the blade and gives each knife a unique appearance. The bevels are ground on a Kyowa Japanese water wheel, then acid-etched to reveal the layered suminagashi pattern. Each handle in this limited batch is hewn from stabilized black walnut, sourced from a 200-year-old tree in downtown McMinnville, Oregon, and accented with bands of Kenji’s signature colors: Guava Pink and Golden Yolk.
Each knife is a singular creation—born of heritage, collaboration, and material integrity, as beautiful as it is functional.
Orders are limited to two items per person.
Steel: 20-layer Carbon/Nickel Suminagashi Steel
Core: Shiro2 Ultra High Carbon
Handle Material: 200 Year Old American Black Walnut
Blade Finish: Nashiji
Blade Length: 170mm (6.6 inches)
Overall Length: 295mm (11.6 inches)
Spine Width: 2.4mm average
Weight: 134g (average)
Grind type: Flat
We hope you love your new knife as much as we loved making it.
The blade profile is informed by Kenji’s decades of experience and designed to be precise, intuitive, functional, and balanced. The perfect blade for every day use.
Each piece is individually hand-forged in Falls City, OR, using 20-layer suminagashi steel from Takefu Special Steels, featuring a Shiro2 ultra high carbon core—engineered for exceptional sharpness and precision. Hammered under a Sakamoto Shiki spring hammer, the steel is finished in the traditional nashiji style, which creates a lightly textured surface that keeps food from sticking to the face of the blade and gives each knife a unique appearance. The bevels are ground on a Kyowa Japanese water wheel, then acid-etched to reveal the layered suminagashi pattern. Each handle in this limited batch is hewn from stabilized black walnut, sourced from a 200-year-old tree in downtown McMinnville, Oregon, and accented with bands of Kenji’s signature colors: Guava Pink and Golden Yolk.
Each knife is a singular creation—born of heritage, collaboration, and material integrity, as beautiful as it is functional.
Orders are limited to two items per person.
