Japanese Knife Company - Japanese Knives Specialist & Knife Sharpening Service Centre

I recently purchased a Japanese knife from Christian, and the experience was excellent. They were knowledgeable, patient, and helped me find the perfect knife for my needs. Highly recommend their expertise and service!

This knife company has all sort of different knives and it is sort of reminds me of a ToysrUs of knife shops. If you are a professional chef to a knife collector this is the place to go to. Is it overwhelming yes it is as there is such a huge range. Are the staff helpful yes they are very helpful so helpful I ended up buying a knife, well a meat cleaver made in Japan for 69 pounds yes it's massive but it does an amazing job one I can chop up meat with bones easily. They have all the different types of knives, all to a very high standard, yes they can be very expensive but it's an investment. They all the sharpening stones and tools etcetera. Also you can pay them to sharpen your knife. If you found my review helpful please click like. Thank you and I hope you enjoy this knife store as much as I do.

Attended the knife sharpening course with a friend. We were lucky enough to have the head of sharpening, Maulik as our tutor. The lesson lasted for two and a half hours and taught us that we still have a lot to learn. We were taught the basics of sharpening and by the end we had sharpened a couple of pretty blunt knives to paper slicing sharp. Maulik was good fun and very helpful. I’d recommend this course to anyone with decent knives. On the subject of which… the stock at the Japanese knife company is excellent. There’s a huge selection of quality blades at various price points from easily affordable, through reassuringly expensive to “wow”.

I wandered into the store and am a newbie to Japanese kitchen knives. A young gentleman Michiaki helped me and answered so many questions he must have been tired by the end. I'm really grateful for their expertise and the amazing selection of knives, helping me choose exactly the one that would be right for me.

I bought a couple of knives from here about 10 years ago when I was staging down in Soho. The knives are expensive, but you get what you pay for - they are amazing. All these years later, one needed a repair and their service was excellent. It is like new. I am so happy with it and the service. Thanks.

Michiyaki has been great in repairing my knife after my wife had tried to open a metal can with my zanmai blade. Micniyaki even gave me a spare box to go with it. Well done, thank you again my friends... best regards from ian orr.

Great shop and remarkably knowledgeable staff. I did the knife sharpening course with Maulik, the Head Sharpener for the JKC. It is highly informative and covers theory as well as the practical skills and at 2h30m, its a deep dive into both aspects. At the end of the course I was able to get my Japanese knife screamingly sharp - to the point where it was shaving the hair on my forearm with no effort and at the same/better sharpness when it was new in the box. The education on the practical skills and angles which you use is the focus of the lesson and where you will spend the most time being coached and guided, personally I also found the education on stones, the grit system and what each grade does, the point of the 'slurry' and when you keep it and when you wash it off, why you would use a stone leveller, which stone leveller to use, what a strop is, how to use it etc to be particularly illuminating and useful for my ongoing sharpening as I improve in my ability. All of my self-led learning previously was from YouTube from various knife sharpening channels; but I realise now that the point of those videos is not necessarily to teach you how to sharpen - but to get you to watch the video to generate ad revenue for the channel owner. There is simply no better way to learn than a practical class from an expert and I would wholeheartedly recommend this course, and JKC generally if you're looking to purchase a Japanese knife.

I’ve been coming here for years. Amazing service. Friendly staff. Very knowledgeable. Great selection of knives and cook wear. They get your knives sharper than the devil himself. Prince was especially helpful!!

I recently purchased a Japanese knife from Christian, and the experience was excellent. They were knowledgeable, patient, and helped me find the perfect knife for my needs. Highly recommend their expertise and service!

This knife company has all sort of different knives and it is sort of reminds me of a ToysrUs of knife shops. If you are a professional chef to a knife collector this is the place to go to. Is it overwhelming yes it is as there is such a huge range. Are the staff helpful yes they are very helpful so helpful I ended up buying a knife, well a meat cleaver made in Japan for 69 pounds yes it's massive but it does an amazing job one I can chop up meat with bones easily. They have all the different types of knives, all to a very high standard, yes they can be very expensive but it's an investment. They all the sharpening stones and tools etcetera. Also you can pay them to sharpen your knife. If you found my review helpful please click like. Thank you and I hope you enjoy this knife store as much as I do.

Attended the knife sharpening course with a friend. We were lucky enough to have the head of sharpening, Maulik as our tutor. The lesson lasted for two and a half hours and taught us that we still have a lot to learn. We were taught the basics of sharpening and by the end we had sharpened a couple of pretty blunt knives to paper slicing sharp. Maulik was good fun and very helpful. I’d recommend this course to anyone with decent knives. On the subject of which… the stock at the Japanese knife company is excellent. There’s a huge selection of quality blades at various price points from easily affordable, through reassuringly expensive to “wow”.

I wandered into the store and am a newbie to Japanese kitchen knives. A young gentleman Michiaki helped me and answered so many questions he must have been tired by the end. I'm really grateful for their expertise and the amazing selection of knives, helping me choose exactly the one that would be right for me.

I bought a couple of knives from here about 10 years ago when I was staging down in Soho. The knives are expensive, but you get what you pay for - they are amazing. All these years later, one needed a repair and their service was excellent. It is like new. I am so happy with it and the service. Thanks.

Michiyaki has been great in repairing my knife after my wife had tried to open a metal can with my zanmai blade. Micniyaki even gave me a spare box to go with it. Well done, thank you again my friends... best regards from ian orr.

Great shop and remarkably knowledgeable staff. I did the knife sharpening course with Maulik, the Head Sharpener for the JKC. It is highly informative and covers theory as well as the practical skills and at 2h30m, its a deep dive into both aspects. At the end of the course I was able to get my Japanese knife screamingly sharp - to the point where it was shaving the hair on my forearm with no effort and at the same/better sharpness when it was new in the box. The education on the practical skills and angles which you use is the focus of the lesson and where you will spend the most time being coached and guided, personally I also found the education on stones, the grit system and what each grade does, the point of the 'slurry' and when you keep it and when you wash it off, why you would use a stone leveller, which stone leveller to use, what a strop is, how to use it etc to be particularly illuminating and useful for my ongoing sharpening as I improve in my ability. All of my self-led learning previously was from YouTube from various knife sharpening channels; but I realise now that the point of those videos is not necessarily to teach you how to sharpen - but to get you to watch the video to generate ad revenue for the channel owner. There is simply no better way to learn than a practical class from an expert and I would wholeheartedly recommend this course, and JKC generally if you're looking to purchase a Japanese knife.

I’ve been coming here for years. Amazing service. Friendly staff. Very knowledgeable. Great selection of knives and cook wear. They get your knives sharper than the devil himself. Prince was especially helpful!!