Tanaka
The Tanaka family is a well-known knife-making family from Miki-city.
The Tanaka family has been working on the profession for more than 100 years. Father Kazuyuki (photo below) has passed away but but his two sons Hideyuki and Shigeki (pictured right) have taken over the business.
The family started to forge samurai values but after the Emperor forbade the wearing of swords in public in 1874, the Tanaka family switched to forging knives. All Tanaka knives are hand-forged and hand-honed. Shigeki-san mainly uses the stainless steel VG-10 and SG2 steel in its knives but also makes a special series with Aogami steel in a Suminagashi protective layer (pattern steel), Hideyuki-san prefers Japanese Aogami steel (not rust resistant) with a black Kurochi protective layer.
The Tanaka knives are available with both Western handles and traditional handles:
An example of a Hideyuki Tanaka-san knife
And one from Shigeki Tanaka-san
"New" old stock
Kazuyuki Tanaka Tekka Kengata bunka (universal knife), 165 mmKazuyuki Tanaka Kengata,
This Japanese Kengata Bunka knife has a core of Japanese Aogami #2 Blue paper (non-stainless) carbon steel with a black Kurochi protective layer. This double-sided sharpened knife is completely…€ 249,00-21%
Shigeki Tanaka Majiro breadknife (slicer), 240 mmShigeki Tanaka Majiro bread knife,
This very light Japanese bread knife/slicing knife has a core of Japanese Ginsan (stainless) carbon steel with a sanmai outer layer. This double-sided sharpened knife is completely hand-forged…€ 339,00 € 269,00-16%
Shigeki Tanaka Harukaze R2 (SG2) Gyuto (chef's knife), 210 mmShigeki Tanaka Gyuto,
This sturdy Japanese chef's knife has a core of Japanese R2 (stainless) carbon steel with a 33-layer damascus protective layer. This double-sided sharpened knife is completely hand-forged by one of our…€ 499,00 € 419,00-19%
Shigeki Tanaka Majiro breadknife (slicer), 270 mmShigeki Tanaka Majiro bread knife,
This very light Japanese bread knife/slicing knife has a core of Japanese Ginsan (stainless) carbon steel with a sanmai outer layer. This double-sided sharpened knife is completely hand-forged…€ 359,00 € 289,00
