The Seki-City, Gifu-Prefecture is a small town located in the middle of Japan, and is famous worldwide for its production of fine knives like Solingen in Germany. The history (about 780 years) of Seki cutlery industry dates back to the 13th century, when master swordsmith, Motoshige moved from Kyushu district to Seki and began making his swords here. He chose Seki for its rich natural as well as material conditions. Seki offered, at the top of the list, good quality iron sand, charcoal and water. During the Muromachi Era (1338-1573), which began just a century later, there were over 300 swordsmiths working in Seki. Kanemoto Magoroku and Saburo Shizu were two of the most famous. The superior quality of Yokomitsu swords and the name of Yokomitsu were quickly recognised throughout Japan and its solid reputation as a sword making center was established. The techniques and skills and the ancient attitudes of traditional Japanese sword making has been passed down across the centuries and are still alive in today's modern cutlery industry. And Seki City remains a vibrant center of Japanese cutlery manufacture.
Yokomitsu Knives was established in 2003, as the direct online sales division of PreVailes Group LTD. YK stocks a wide range of traditional Japanese Chef's knives from top quality Japanese brands and offers them for sale direct from Japan, at lower than Japanese retail prices.
YK has been in the knife export business for over 50 years and is based in Seki-City, Gifu Prefecture; a Japanese knife making capital where fine knives are produced using Samurai sword making traditions that date back over 800 years. We source our knives from specially selected knife makers, both here in Seki and from several other knife making districts in Japan (Such as Sakai, Osaka, Takefu-City, Fkui and Sanjo-City, Niigata). We work closely with our top craftsmen to develop new products on a perpetual basis.
We are here to serve your needs and to satisfy all of your demands for Japanese cutlery. Our goal is to export fine Japanese knives all around the world, and to provide our customers with highly satisfying, high quality knives that have amazing cutting performance.
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