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UP!! August 20th            R2 Powdered Steel Custom Damascus Kitchen Knives               "Utility Knife, Nakiri, Gyuto210mm, Gyuto 240mm"  Just Arrived !!                                                   From Custom Knifemaker, Kazuyuki Tanaka in Miki-City, Hyogo-Pref     Two years ago, we have introduced his ZDP kitchen knives. Due to the difficulty in getting the ZDP material, he no longer makes ZDP knives. Instead, he now uses R2 Powdered Damascus steel, and came up with a beautiful Custom Damascus kitchen knives, finally after waiting for over six months. (His production is very limited). This is the same steel as Mr. Itou’s blade in HRc.62. Full tang Desert Ironwood handle hand contoured and fastened with mosaic rivets and solid Nickel silver bolster.   Desert Ironwood has good durability and beautiful wood pattern    We have received many of positive response for his fine custom works and sharpness, edge retention of  R2 Custom Damascus blade. Now we are very pleased to introduce his new batch of R-2 Custom Damascus kitchen knives.

Utility Knife 150mm (Comes with Kiri Wooden Boxes)  KT-110 Utility Knife 150mm  Total Length 270mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 108g   $300.00  Available in Stock

Nakiri 165mm  (Comes with Kiri Wooden Boxes)  KT-120 Nakiri 165mm  Total Length 295mm              Blade Thickness 2.3mm            Total Weight 200g   $390.00  Available in Stock

Gyuto 210mm, Gyuto 240mm (Comes with Kiri Wooden Boxes)  KT-130  Gyuto 210mm Total Length 335mm              Blade Thickness 2.3mm            Total Weight 205g  $420.00 Available in Stock    KT-140 Gyuto 240mm Total Length 370mm              Blade Thickness 2.5mm            Total Weight 225g   $520.00 Available in Stock

月光Gekko                                                 by JCK    Hand sharpened and hand honed VG10 core cutting edge forged with 15 layered Damascus stainless  steel. (HRC60 to 61 and  50/50 double bevel edge).    The unique Tsuchime (Unique dimples by hammering process) makes unusual look of Damascus blade.   Full tang black pakka wood handle or Mahogany wood handle with stainless steel bolster and rivets.      From my first glance of these beautiful knives in my hand,  I came up with the name "GEKKO" that means "Moon Light" in Japanese. From the different angle of look, Gekko knife makes different scene as Moon  Changes its shape and lightning every night.    JCK is proud to introduce our original Damascus knives "Gekko Series".    Nakiri 165mm will be added  to the selections soon. UP!! Now, we have added attractive Mohogany wood handle versions to JCK Original Gekko series for your  choice. You can now select Black Pakkawood or Mahogany wood handles at same price.

GE-1 Petty 140mm (Black Pakka Wood Handle) GEKKO GE-1 Petty 140mm Total Length 250mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 91g $73.00 Available Now        GE-1M Petty 140mm (Mahogany Wood Handle) GEKKO GE-1M Petty 140mm Total Length 250mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 90g $73.00 Available Now        GE-2 Santoku 190mm (Black Pakka Wood Handle) GEKKO GE-2 Santoku 190mm  Total Length 310mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 182g  $98.00 Sold Out         GE-2M Santoku 190mm  (Mahogany Wood Handle Version) GEKKO GE-2M Santoku 190mm  Total Length 310mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 180g  $98.00 Available Now        GE-3 Nakiri 165mm  (Black Pakka Wood Handle) GEKKO GE-3 Nakiri 165mm  Total Length 285mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 190g  $98.00 Available Now         GE-3M Nakiri 165mm (Mahogany Wood Handle) GEKKO GE-3M Nakiri 165mm Total Length 285mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 186g  $98.00  Available Now

UP!!              ZDP-189 Santoku 165mm    The ZDP 189 was newly developed by Hitachi for the ultimte professional use knives. It is made of super fine powdered steel alloy with high carbon (3.00) and high chromium (20.00) at HRC 64 to 66. This is  the next generation steel excellent for edge retention, durability and rust proof.  Kitchen knife maker "SANETU" has produced Santoku knife using this great steel and Cocobolo Wood Handle at reasonable Price. This is the limited edition, so it will be a good chance for you to acquire this knife and experience the excellent blade.  ZDP-189 Santoku 165mm Total Length 285mm  Blade Thickness 2mm  Total  Weight 160g               $163.00                Available Now

UP!! April 18th                   Mcusta Chef Knives   The new Mcusta Chef knives are beautiful, yet practical knives designed for use in your kitchen, made with   the same high quality and attention to detail that Mcusta knives are famous for. (Mcusta knife collections are available on our another web site JKD Mcusta.)    They feature full tang blades made from VG-10 Super stainless steel or 33 layer Damascus steel with a VG-10 core. Traditional Hamaguri ground with a 0.3mm bevel, as used only on the finest hand ground Japanese Chef knives, for outstanding edge holding and cutting performance.    The handles are stylish and are contoured to fit your hand, made from exotic materials such as black Pakkawood, Ivory Corian and Quince Burl wood.     At this moment, we are not ready to offer you a full line, but would like to introduce a limited quantity of the available models for you to experience the discriminating cutting performance.

Petty 110mm (VG10 Damascus, Black Pakkawood Handle)  YMB-2001D  Petty 110mm Total Length 225mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 69g  $128.00  Available Now      YMB-2002D Petty 150mm   Total Length 265mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 80g $139.20   Sold Out

Santoku 180mm (VG10 Damascus, Black Pakkawood Handle)  YMB-2003D Santoku 180mm   Total Length 310mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 153g  $155.20   Sold Out

Gyuto 180mm (VG10 Damascus, Black Pakkawood Handle)  YMB-2004D  Gyuto 180mm Total Length 310mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 151g   $155.20 Available Now      YMB-2005D  Gyuto 210mm Total Length 350mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 188g   $171.20 Sold Out     YMB-2007D  Gyuto 240mm Total Length 380mm              Blade Thickness 2.5mm              Total Weight 220g  $203.20  Available Now

Slicer 225mm (VG10 Damascus, Black Pakkawood Handle)  YMB-2006D  Slicer 225mm Total Length 365mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 167g  $184.00  Available Now

Santoku 180mm (VG10 Damascus, Ivory Corian Handle)  YMW-2003D Santoku 180mm  Total Length 310mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 172g   $155.20   Sold Out

Petty 150mm (VG10 Damascus, Quince Burlwood Handle)  YMC-2003D  Petty 150mm Total Length 255mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 73g   $157.60   Sold Out

Parer 90mm and Petty 150mm (VG10, Ivory Corian Handle)  YMW-2000V  Parer 90mm Total Length 205mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 75g   $80.00 Sold Out     YMW-2001V  Petty 110mm Total Length 225mm      Blade Thickness 2mm     Total Weight 80g  $85.60                         Sold Out     YMW-2002V  Petty 150mm Total Length 265mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 90g   $96.00 Available Now

Santoku 180mm  (VG10, Ivory Corian Handle)   YMW-2003V Santoku 180mm   Total Length 310mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 174g  $117.60 Sold Out

Gyuto 180mm  (VG10, Ivory Corian Handle)  YMW-2004V Gyuto 180mm  Total Length 310mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 164g  $117.60  Available Now

UP!!     HiromotoTenmi Jyuraku Special Limited Edition       Parsonally I like the Hiromoto company's products which are made through a lot of hand working process. We have been introducing Hiromoto company's highest quality Series Tenmi Jyuraku Series (Aogami Super or Gingami No.3). They are nicely sharpened and finished and are practical design for pro uses, having good reputations among our customers.  Recently Mr. Nagao who is president of Hiromoto company brought us Tenmi Jyuraku Damascus Kitchen knife. Definitely I was falling in love with their original Damascus patterns at my first glance.  I have asked him "How many layers on Damascus blade?". He answered "It is not important question, after we have been trying to make beautiful Damascus blade, we have achieved this style of Damascus pattern.".  I agreed with him, because the beautiful thing does not need any explanations.  Here is the details of Tenmi Jyuraku Damascus Kitchen Knife. Blade: VG-10 (HRC 60 to 61) blade core with Nickel Damascus Stainless Steel blade. (Layers uncountable) Handle:  Black Pakka wood handle with Hiromoto emblem  It comes with Kiri Wooden Box for keeping special item as your treasure.  Tenmi Jyuraku Damascus   Santoku 160mm Total Length 275mm              Blade Thickness 2mm              Total Weight 160g       $154.00 Available Now

UP!!                                                 Damascus   101                                Introducing "ATHRO" Brand 101 Forge Layered VG10 Nickel Stainless steel Santoku Chef Knife by Houwa.     With the increasing popularity and demand of the VG-10 Damascus Chef's knives, JCK has been offering Hattori HD series (63 layers) and Sakon (73 layers).     Now, here is a 101 layers and mirror polished blade that make incredible aspect.   The traditional skill and  modern technique have made it possible to grind and polish the blade without sacrificing the the original steel characters.                                                                                                           Round shaped Black Stamina wood handle makes comfortable grip.    NEW!! Damascus 101 Petty 120mm       Damascus 101     Petty 120mm Total Length 220mm              Blade Thickness 1.5mm  Total Weight 73g          $163.00