Where to buy Tsubame-Sanjo knives

Buy direct from Sanjo (through us)

Kinjiro, Sadaaki, Kenshin, Tetsuhiro and Yoshikane's domestic line sell only inside Japan. We live here: we buy it at the Japanese price and post it to you for a flat service fee plus real postage. New items only; a few orders a month. How it works, fees and postage →

Makers' own shops (Japan)

Yoshikane Hamono — 株式会社吉金刃物
Hinoura Hamono Kobo — 日野浦刃物工房
Tadafusa (Hocho Kobo Tadafusa) — 株式会社タダフサ
Tojiro — 藤次郎株式会社（旧藤寅工業）
Yoshida Metal Industry (GLOBAL) — 吉田金属工業株式会社
Kataoka Seisakusho (Brieto / TAMAHAGANE) — 株式会社片岡製作所
Shimomura Kogyo — 下村工業株式会社
Kiryu Kogyo (Tetsuhiro) — 桐生工業株式会社「哲弘」
Sekikawa (Hidari Tozo) — 株式会社セキカワ「左藤蔵」
Nakagawa Shokai (Sadaaki 定明) — 中川商会「定明」
Wakui Bar Hamono (forges Kinjiro) — 涌井バール刃物製作所
Wakui Co. (Kinjiro · Yamabito) — 株式会社ワクイ
Nakajo Kanamono (wholesaler) — 株式会社中條金物
Shigefusa (Kairo Iizuka) — 重房（飯塚解房）
Tsurugi Kenshin — 剣謙心株式会社
Igarashi Hamono Kogyo (Kanenori) — 五十嵐刃物工業株式会社「鋼典」
Babacho Kanamono (BABACHO · Chozaburo) — 馬場長金物株式会社
Kobayashi Kogu (Muthos Homura) — 株式会社小林工具製作所
Yajimaya (ROKUSHIRO) — 株式会社矢嶋屋「六四郎」

Overseas specialist retailers

Shop	Ships from	Link type
Chef Knives To Go	US	plain link
Cutlery and More	US	plain link
Knives & Stones	US/AU	plain link
Knifewear	CA	plain link
Japanese Chefs Knife (JCK)	JP→worldwide	plain link
Burrfection Store	US	plain link
The Cook's Edge	CA	plain link

Whetstones

Shapton Kuromaku #1000 (orange)

シャプトン刃の黒幕 #1000

#1000 · ¥3,500–4,600

The stone most sharpeners overseas start with; hard, stays flat, cuts hard steels like Aogami Super and SKD.

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King KW-65 #1000/#6000 combination

キング KW-65

#1000/6000 · ¥2,300–2,600

The classic first stone in Japan. Soft and fast, needs flattening more often.

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Shapton Kuromaku #5000 (wine)

シャプトン刃の黒幕 #5000

#5000 · ¥5,000–6,500

Finishing stone for kasumi and single-bevel knives.

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Atoma / diamond flattening plate #140–400

面直しダイヤモンド砥石

#140–400 · ¥4,000–9,000

Keeps your stones flat. A dished stone ruins single-bevel geometry.

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Tadafusa #800 sharpening set

タダフサ砥石#800 研磨セット

#800 · ¥6,600 (official)

Sold by the Sanjo maker for its own knives — a good match for SLD/Aogami Tadafusa blades.

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Camellia oil (tsubaki)

椿油

#— · ¥800–1,500

Wipe on carbon-steel blades before storage.

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