'Can't keep up': Pandemic cooking boom sharpens Japan knife sales

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'Can't keep up': Pandemic cooking boom sharpens Japan knife sales
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The export value of knives and other bladed tools like scissors hit a record high in Japan last year. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“Seki’s blade-makers decided they needed a new direction.”

To emphasise their made-in-Japan pedigree, his company adds a wavy two-tone finish to the metal that evokes the traditional appearance of samurai blades, and a kanji-character logo. French chef Olivier Oddos, whose Tokyo restaurant boasted a Michelin star between 2014 and 2021, has been a devotee for more than two decades.

“I know a lot of French chefs who have come to Japan, and every time they buy Japanese knives. Sometimes they even buy them for their whole team,” he said.Mr Oddos says the formidable sharpness of the Japanese blades makes all the difference. Mr Daisuke Kumazawa owns Kama-Asa, a shop that has operated on Tokyo’s famous Kappabashi kitchenware street for over a century.

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