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May 03, 2010

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Zakuri is here!!!

Zakuri is here!!!

Zakuri Knives are here… I would write a long post about them, but instead I’ll just leave you guys with this: Keep your eyes on the website.

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April 17, 2010

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You Really Can Buy From Us Now

Ok... we're finally selling stuff on the website... Say hi to Zakuri. Zakuri is a Tosa based conglomerate of knife makers. These knife makers have come together with a few goals in mind.  First, produce great quality knives in the Tosa style. Second, educate people about the history and unique style of Tosa forged knives. As we aim to teach our customers about knives and culture while offering great quality products, it seemed like they would be a great fit for us. As always, we have a few more secrets up our sleeves, so keep your eyes open.

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April 09, 2010

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A Quick Update

So, it's been a little while since I've written anything here... We've been busy. Here's what's new. Our first shipment of knives has arrived (as many of you already know). We now have our Shigefusas in stock. We will be posting pictures and putting the knives up for sale shortly. Also, out second shipment is in customs in LA. That means that, within a few days, we should have Kaneshige Hamono's knives in stock as well. We've also redesigned the website... again. In testing our last site, we found that customers would be able to buy and pay for knives...

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March 29, 2010

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Over 40!!! (and we're not talking about age)

Today, Sara and I (well mostly Sara, because I was preparing for Passover) organized all of the knife maker contacts we've collected over the past few weeks. We've been researching everything that came across our screens for about 1 month now, but until today I had not realized how many makers we had contacted. OVER 40!!! We've been in contact with over 40 knife makers in Japan. Our files just keep growing. And the knife makers cover a wide variety of knives... very highly refined to rustic, expensive to relatively inexpensive, huge names to ones so small only a handful of people have ever heard...

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March 26, 2010

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Wiring Money... The Hard Way

Have you ever tried to wire money to another country? If not, consider yourself lucky. What a pain. In an ideal world, all banking systems would be standardized worldwide... or, at the very least, have an understanding of other countries banking systems. I would have figured that banks that do wire transfers would at least have some practice with sending money to other countries in different currencies. Well, after today it sure doesn't seem that way.  First off, let me say this about my bank. I like them very much. They have always been good to me. They are very friendly people, and very willing to help me...

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March 25, 2010

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Wow!!! We are dorks!

When I say "We" here, I mean "We: all of the knife nuts who waste away on knife forums". I'm not trying to be mean here... just state a fact, that, over time, it's becoming more evident. I always had assumed that no one could be more of a knife dork than the knife makers, but I was wrong. Most of us at knife forums have achieved world record levels of knife-dork-ness. Really. I was talking with some Japanese knife makers, and a few of them that sell to the US said to me, "Some of the Americans we sell...

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March 23, 2010

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Looking for knives in all the wrong places

So the knifenuts out there know the places to look for knives... Osaka, Sakai, Echizen, Niigata, Sanjo, Tokyo, etc.  We all know those places. And the knives that come from those places are often of great quality. Cool. Nice. But it's been done. We can get many of those knives now from anywhere in the world. So who cares? Don't get me wrong... I still like them. Those cities have awesome knives. Aritsugu, Masamoto, Blazen, Suisin, Nenohi. They rock. But I want to do something different.  I want to bring people things they can't get elsewhere. Knives from provinces like...

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