Couteau parfait et envoi trés soigné
Joel Roux,
Merci beaucoup pour votre achat et pour votre avis positif ! Nous sommes ravis d'apprendre que vous en êtes satisfait !
Salutations du Japon,
L'équipe Japanese Food Craftsman
How would I give you review when I don’t have the item
Dear Maggie Yonan,
Thank you for letting us know that you are still waiting to receive your package. We have been in contact with the carrier and they informed us that they are experiencing delivery delays at this time. Our guess is that this could be related to the busy holiday season. Nevertheless, we apologize for the inconvenience and ask that you please keep us updated by email at info@japanese-food-craftsman.com if you do not receive your package in the next few days.
Thank you once again for supporting Japanese craftsmen and for your patience with the shipping challenges.
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
sprzedawca godny polecenia,szybki kontakt ,problem pomyłki zamówienia expresowo rozwiazany ,wszystko na plus,noże wysokiej jakosci i elegancki -robią wrażenie napewno zakupie jeszcze jeden .polecam
Szanowny Panie MAREKU KANICKI,
Dziękujemy za zakup i recenzję. Dziękujemy za wyrozumiałość w związku z naszą pomyłką i cieszymy się, że udało nam się ją naprawić. Jeszcze raz dziękujemy za wsparcie japońskich rzemieślników!
Pozdrowienia z Japonii,
Zespół Japanese Food Craftsman
i'm very satisfied with and proud to own this knive!!!
also the delivery was exceptional, far better as with the austrian post!!
i was right to buy a knive at japanese food craftsman shop!!!
Dear Wolfgang Rosenlechner,
Thanks so much for the review, and happy to hear you are enjoying your knife!! We will let Nakamura Blacksmith know you are happy with your order, and we hope you'll have many chances to create delicious dishes with it.
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
The knife arrived in good order, fast and good shipping, very beautiful and sharp knife, thanks!
Dear Carl Knoef,
Thank you for your continued support of Japanese craftsmen! We are glad to hear you are happy with your new knife!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
My order was received without problem. The packages came without problems. I am very happy with my order and service. One thing I wish I knew beforehand was that the amount of the custom tax (USA). I knew I had to pay, but I was not informed about the amount.
Dear Kyle Han,
Thank you for your review and for supporting Japanese craftsmen! We are very sorry for the issue with US tariffs. After the new tariffs were first implemented, a lot of changes have happened and the amount customers have been charged has varied widely, and in fact has changed in the past month. This has made it very difficult for us to give US customers an accurate estimate. Although the amount of customs duties are beyond our control, we are working on better informing our US customers as we learn more information. If you do not mind, please contact us via email at info@japanese-food-craftsman.com with any details of what you were asked to pay in customs duties. This information will help us better inform US customers in the future. Once again, thank you for supporting Shirou Kunimitsu and we are sorry to hear about the issues with customs.
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
Nakamura Blacksmith Kurouchi Santoku 165mm
Dear John Kaplanis,
Thank you so much for your purchase and for your nice review! We are glad to hear that you're happy with it! Thank you once again for supporting Japanese craftsmanship!
Greetings from Japan,
Kei
The knife I have purchased is good, I expected a better handle on it as this one seems very ordinary.
Dear Behrad Behrady,
Thank you so much for your review and for supporting Japanese craftsmanship! Thank you also for your honest feedback about the handle - we will let the smithy know what you think! Thank you once again for your support.
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
Kiseki knives
Dear Dirk Buhrfeindt,
Thank you so much for your positive review and for supporting Fukuda Hamono! We hope this special knife serves you well for years to come!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
I love working with a knife that is both a tool and a work of art. This is both.
Love it. Don't love tariff and customs fees but that is NOT the fault of this fine company.
Timothy Durkin,
Thank you so much for your purchase and for your nice review! We are glad to hear that you are happy with your order and that you appreciate the craftsmanship and tradition that go into each and every piece. We also thank you for your kind understanding regarding tariffs. We do hope this situation improves in the near future.
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
In Danish: Jeg har modtaget kniven. Den er fremragende. Jeg kunne dog ønske mig , at der på boksen stod hjemmeside og mail på producenten. Det var noget indviklet at finde data for min Trustpilot anmeldelse. På den oprindelige faktura stod at prisen var inklusiv moms. Efter pakken havde været i den danske told, blev der pålagt moms igen. Hvorfor?
Kære Flemming Keldebaek,
Tak for din anmeldelse og for at støtte Fukuda Hamono med dit køb! Tak også for din ærlige feedback vedrørende emballagen og oplysningerne om producenten. Hvad angår moms, kan jeg ikke se, at du er blevet opkrævet moms fra vores side. Du er velkommen til at kontakte os på japanesefoodcraftsmanshop@gmail.com, hvis du har yderligere spørgsmål vedrørende de afgifter, du er blevet opkrævet, og vi vil se, om der er noget, vi kan gøre for at hjælpe. Tak endnu en gang for din støtte!
Hilsen fra Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
My wife loves the knife! Excellent work!
Thank you.
Dear Christopher F Thomas,
Thank you so much for your purchase and for supporting Minomo Blacksmith! We are glad to hear that your wife is happy with her knife!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
KISEKI Santoku Knife
Dear LOKE Meow Hock,
Thank you for your review and for supporting Fukuda Hamono! We hope your knife serves you well for years to come!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
Hello.
The order arrived without any problems or damage.
The knife is very good, maybe the engraving is a little too scattered.
The knife blade is very sharp, the layers of steel and iron are clearly visible.
The whole thing looks very raw, but this is the type of knife I was looking for.
I wanted to get a handmade knife, not a machine-made knife.
I can say that I am very pleased with the purchase.
Please convey my bows and thanks to the master blacksmith.
Adam
Dear Adam,
Thank you so much for your purchase and for your nice review! We are glad to hear that you are happy with your order and that you appreciate the craftsmanship and tradition that go into each and every piece. Of course a handcrafted knife is going to have a different aesthetic and overall feel than a mass-produced machine knife, including some degree of individual variation. Thank you once again for supporting Japanese craftsmen and their craft!
The knife is flawless! When I compare it to another older knife, which is also from Japan, I work with the old one more easily, because my hand is more used to it. It's too early to give an honest assessment, this is just my first impression. I don't know how the knife will perform after a month, a year. Maybe the packaging could have been smaller and wooden, because I don't have room to store the knife in its original packaging. That's all for a start.
Dear Borut Lah, Thanks so much for the review and for sharing your honest opinion about its performance and packaging! Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns your knife going forward. We hope you'll have many chances to create delicious dishes with it. Greetings from Japan, The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
In an era where many “innovative” kitchen tools amount to little more than marketing hype, this knife stands apart as a genuinely meaningful advancement. Having used it for several weeks, I can state unequivocally that it outperforms every professional-grade kitchen knife I’ve previously owned in terms of balance, edge retention, ergonomics, and overall cutting pleasure. It is not merely incremental improvement—it is the rare product that actually feels like a step forward.
The Significant Caveat: Total Cost of Ownership
The list price is already positioned at the upper end of the luxury cutlery spectrum. However, what truly surprised me was an additional $356 import duty assessed by U.S. Customs and collected by DHL after the knife had shipped. Because the item is classified as a metal tool, it triggered a substantial tariff upon entry into the United States. When combined with the base price and express shipping, the all-in cost approached $1,000.
Final Verdict
Objectively, the total landed cost is difficult to justify for most home cooks, and even many professionals may hesitate at that price point. Yet the knife itself is outstanding—so much so that I have no reservation calling it one of the finest production kitchen knives currently available. If budget is no object and you value genuine performance leaps over incremental gains, it is unequivocally worth owning. For everyone else, the exceptional quality is unfortunately gated behind a prohibitive total acquisition cost, largely due to unforeseen import duties.
Highly recommended—with eyes wide open on pricing.
Dear Michael Sundseth,
Thank you for your review and for supporting Fukuda Hamono. We, too, believe that Fukuda Hamono is doing something truly special with their KISEKI knives, and we are thrilled to hear that you agree. We also thank you for your feedback regarding US customs fees. It is vital for us to hear real accounts from customers about their experience with the new tariffs, as international couriers do not share any of this information with us. If you do not mind, we would appreciate it if you could email us at japanesefoodcraftsmanshop@gmail.com with any details of what you paid and how the item was classified by US customs, because past customers have reported items being misclassified and incurring higher customs fees than appropriate in the past. If you have this information and are willing to share it with us, we would truly appreciate it as it will help us better advise future customers and work on solutions to hopefully lowering tariffs owed upon arrival. Thank you once again for your support, and we are terribly sorry to hear that the import tax burden was so incredibly high on your order.
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
I am very happy with my purchase from Fukuda Hamono. Please let the makers know I am honored to have their work in my kitchen.
Dear Jon,
Thank you for your review and for supporting Fukuda Hamono! We will be sure to send your positive feedback over to them! We hope the knife serves you well for years to come. Thank you once again for supporting Japanese craftsmen!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
My boyfriend is so excited with his new customed knife! All the staff was so nice replying my emails about the engraving and shipment.
We will buy it again :)
Dear Marina Cano,
Thank you so much for your purchase and for your nice review! We are glad to hear that you and your boyfriend are happy wth your purchase! Above all, thank you for supporting Japanese craftsmen!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
Super couteau très satisfaite de mon achat
Véronique Anselmet,
Merci pour votre avis positif et pour votre soutien aux artisans japonais ! Nous espérons que votre couteau vous servira pendant de nombreuses années ! Salutations du Japon, l'équipe Japanese Food Craftsman.
such a beautiful Knife from the VG-XEOS series of knives, the balance and feel in the hand are excellent. So nice to see the young men following in the footsteps of tradition and adding to there version of the history. thank you
Dear Gary Mcbride,
Thank you so much for your continued support, and for supporting Nigara Hamono in particular with your purchase. We are glad to hear that you are happy with your order and that you appreciate the craftsmanship and tradition that go into each Nigara Hamono knife!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
Awesome feel to the knife, nicely balanced and the side of the blade has a mesmerizing refraction pattern to it.
Die Qualität ist top 1A!! Die Lieferung kam schnell und gut an. Freue mich das ich endlich das YATAI KEIJI T-SHIRT habe. 🤗🤗🥰
vielen Dank für Ihren Kauf und Ihre nette Bewertung! Wir freuen uns, dass Sie damit zufrieden sind! Vor allem danken wir Ihnen für Ihre Unterstützung japanischer Handwerker!
Viele Grüße aus Japan,
das Team von Japanese Food Craftsman
I have ordered this knife a month ago and it arrived quite fast, having in mind that it comes from the other side of the world and the state of our local postal services (Bulgaria). I speechless by the quality and craftsmanship of the knife I have received! It is now part of my big Japanese knives collection and I am really proud that it was actually handmade by a Japanese knife master and I was able to support the person directly! Thank you for the opportunity and the detailed information during the delivery process. I will recommend you to any person interested in purchasing Original handmade Japanese items.
Dear Mihail Markov,
Thank you so much for your purchase and for your nice review! We are glad to hear that you are happy with your order and that you appreciate the craftsmanship and tradition that go into your handmade piece! Thank you once again for supporting Japanese craftsmen.
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
Keep in mind that the primary function of the knife I bought is to cut vegetables and herbs. This duty he performs first-class.
Dear Jaakko Puhakka,
Thank you so much for your purchase and for your nice review! We are glad to hear that you're happy with it!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team
It was really nice to watch the video of the knife being made. The curved shape seemed really special to me. The knife is exactly what I wanted. It is thin and light. Finally, I finished it off a bit to my own taste. I wish you continued good health and success in your business.
Dear Symon,
Thank you so much for your purchase and for your nice review! We are glad to hear that you're happy with it! We hope it serves you well for years to come!
Greetings from Japan,
The Japanese Food Craftsman Team