Sakai Kikumori Ren Aoichi Yanagiba 300mm meta-chef-tools Despite being a heftier blade

Despite being a heftier blade

Out of the box

the sharpener uses their mastery of steel grinding and polishing to turn a raw piece of forged steel into a precision tool

so it can be cleaned properly

Sakai Kikumori Ren Aoichi Yanagiba 300mm meta-chef-tools Despite being a heftier bladeAbout Sakai Kikumori Ren Like many knife producing regions, Sakai is facing a challenge of getting new people to work in the industry. Ren was born and created under the principle of paying young makers a larger share of the profits to help cover the cost of training new staff. They are forged by Nakagawa san using blue #1 steel, and they have beautiful handles with turquoise accents.