Enami Knives

Tadashi Enami holds the Dento-Kogei-shi title — Japan's government designation for a master of traditional crafts — and he earned it working in Sakai, the city that has set the standard for Japanese cutlery for over six centuries. His focus is narrow and deliberate: single bevel traditional knives forged from Shirogami (white paper steel) #2 with soft iron cladding in ni mai construction. Yanagibas and usubas built the way Sakai has always built them.