Kanetsune

Seki City, known as the City of Blades; is the 800-year-old blade capital of the Orient. In Seki City, you will find the greatest number of Japanese sword craftsmen in all of Japan. They energetically work on passing down the matchless craft and tradition of Japanese sword-making from generation to generation. The Kitasho Company is focused on introducing these excellent Kanetsune Knives from Japan to the entire world.

Kanetsune Seki is one of few master craftsmen of Japanese knives and swords. The Kanetsune Seki Master inherited Seki-den; which is 800 years of secrets that create extraordinarily sharp Japanese knives that will not fracture or bend. Kanetsune Seki creates extraordinary knives that have a subtle feeling of balance, distinguishing quality, and trustworthy razor sharpness are always true to the Kanetsune name.

Many of the Kanetsune knives forged by the master craftsman Kanetsune Seki are created from blue steel, a variety of ultra-high carbon steel. Blue steel, which has been utilized for producing Japanese hunting knives from ancient times, has a very enduring sharpness.

Blue steel, which remains most popular among Japanese hunters, is the untouchable variety for select people. Knives that the master craftsman Kanetsune Seki forges from blue steel make use of the surreptitious art of Seki-den allowing them to possess unbelievable sharpness.