Kin Knives from Japan, Kin Japanese Knives

Kin Carbon Steel Knives Carbon steel is the material that all knives were originally made from. The reason for this was that it is easy to sharpen and achieves a very sharp edge. In recent years, knives have mainly been made out of a single piece of stainless steel. This method of production is not the best way to make a knife, but manufacturers...

Kin Folded Steel Knives A folded steel knife is a knife with a blade that is constructed of many layers. The Sekisou, Suminagashi, Tanaka and Mokume knives have folded steel blades. This construction is called damascus steel. The layers have been heated folded and hammered many times. In the same way that the laminated steel knives have a differ...

Kin Laminated Steel Knives A laminated steel knife blade is a blade that is constructed with three layers of steel. The outside layers are stainless steel, but the core is a slightly different alloy that is better suited for cutting and sharpening. The Nashiji and Professional ranges have laminated steel blades. A laminated steel blade is, by...

Sharpeners for Kin Knives Kin Knives should only ever be sharpened on a flat sharpening stone, benchsteel or, better still, a sharpening cone. By keeping the knife vertical and wiping it across and down the cone, the angle is automatically correct (see instructions on sharpening). The flat stones all work equally well, although we prefer the cer...