Japanese Red Cross Society Earthquake Donation Link
http://www.jrc.or.jp/english/relief/l4/Vcms4_00002070.html
If you are interested in making a donation for the Japanese Disaster, pls check above page. ===
Japan Tool Closed to Catch Up
Thank you very much to all of you who have shown interest to my AU and JP disaster relief fund raising sale. I have received many orders and requests, to keep my service level up to my standard, I will now have to concentrate on replying to them for the time being. I'll try to open again as soon as possible, but this may take a few months.
Thanks again everyone!
Sept 22nd, 2011
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JP Fund Raising Items
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Heiji Swedish INOX Santoku 210mm
My most recommended knives for daily usage, out of all J knives. I own a pair of these two Santokus (thin and thick) myself and use them basically every day. 25000JPY each.
"Mumon Touryuu (A Dragon Passing Thru the Gate of No Gate)" Tamamoku Stainless Knives
38 layers, VG10 high quality stainless steel, single piece tang, high quality treated layered wooden handle. This is one of my most recommended stainless sekisou (multi layered) knives from this price range.
#1 240mm Gyutou + 150mm Petit Pair AU$280/JPY23100 x1 pair AU stock
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"Kyoto" Tamamoku Stainless Knives
63 layers, Mo-V stainless steel, single piece tang, high quality treated layered wooden handle. Similar to Mumon Touryu in construction style, but with finer tamamoku pattern. This is my most recommended stainless sekisou knife from this price range. Many many types (sujihiki, nakiri, boning, Chinese clever, bread, paring, pealing, western deba = double beveled deba, etc.) are available from this series, and I will start introducing them as soon as the situation in J settles down.
#2 210mm Gyutou AU$220/18500JPY Order
#3 270mm Gyuto AU$352/29200JPY => Fund raising sale price AU$318/ 26300JPY x1 JP stock
#4 175mm Santoku AU$192/29200JPY => Fund raising sale price AU$175/14500JPY x2 AU, JP stock
#5 150mm Petit AU$165/13700JPY => Fund raising sale price AU$148/ 12300JPY x1 JP stock
210mm Gyutou 
175mm Santoku
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Tsukasa Knives in Stock
1. Rentetsu Soe-nata 140mm, rosewood handle/case, black hilt 81500JPY (Photos to come)
2. Rentetsu Soe-nata 140mm, rosewood handle/case, silver hilt 81500JPY (Photos to come)
3. Rentetsu Yama-kogatana 105mm, leather case, black ferrule 68000JPY x2
4. This is perhaps currently the most expensive kitchen knife in Japan. There was a 20% price increase so it will be even more expensive for new orders. The shown Santoku is already in stock and a 300mm Yanagiba has arrived (photos to come.) The listed prices are with the old pricing.
210mm Kitaeji Santoku 95000JPY (Fund raising special price) x1 JP Stock
300mm Kitaeji Yanagiba 111600JPY (Fund raising special price) x1 JP Stock
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Shigefusa Knives in Stock
-Kitaeji 210mm Gyuto 56700JPY
- Kitaeji 270mm Gyuto (kiri box + hou saya)x1 JP stock 91000JPY
- Kitaeji Gyuto 210mm with Rosewood Riveted Handle x1 87500JPY
- Kitaeji Gyuto 240mm with Hou Handle x 1 63200JPY
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From the top shown in below photo
1. Kasumi 270mm Gyuto 46400JPY x1 JP stock
2. SOLD
3. Kasumi 195mm Deba 37500JPY
4. SOLD
5. SOLD
=== Kunikei Bamboo Kiridashi
45800JPY x2 JP Stock Sold out (new stock has been ordered, so pls check in a few months.)
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Shapton Stones
Due to limited man power for packing and delivery, I have to ask you to order 3 stones per order.
Ha no Kuromaku Seires (JP version of the Pro Series)
#120 3660JPY
#220 3660JPY
#300 3660JPY
#1000 3750JPY
#1500 4180JPY
#2000 4360JPY
#5000 5660JPY
#8000 7230JPY
#12000 7230JPY
#33000
40000JPY
Glass Stone Series JP Model
#220 3590JPY
#500 4100JPY
#1000 4450JPY
#2000 4870JPY
#3000 5470JPY
#4000 5470JPY
#6000 6150JPY
#8000 7690JPY
#16000 9750JPY
#30000 27000JPY
Shapton Accessories
Glass Reference Plate 28000JPY
Stone Holder 7700JPY
Glass Pond 1700JPY
Glass Stone Case/Base 4700JPY
Thank you. ===
Queensland Disaster Fundraiser "Maruichi Maruka" Natural Stone Sale
As this news must be broadcasted globally, I'm sure there is no need for any explanation, but northern eastern Australia has very recently experienced a serious scale flooding, many many houses have been washed away. And, ta~~~lk about the nature being ruthless, before having any time to recover, they are being struck, literally as I type this now, by a category 5 out of 5(!), unprecedented scale tropical cyclone in Australian history. This cyclone is so massive that it is big enough to cover the entire North America according to the news.... Sounds like a joke, or a movie, but it's actually happening.
Anyway, as you all know, because I'm su~~~ch a humanitarian (I think I just heard many people saying "In your dreams!"....) I decided to send AUD50 per each stone sale to the QLD State Disaster Management Group, so if all 34 will sell, that will make AUD1700, not too bad.
I normally ask people not to mention about me or my stones/tools on various forums because I am just way too busy already, but for this one, I cordially request to spread the words as much as you can!
All right people, come and get your stones~!!!! Hihihi.(^^)
Pls mention "QLD" in the subject box when you write to me, and I will take these orders with priority.
To be fair to people who are waiting for my assistance for many many months regarding various stone and tool choices, for these fundraiser items, pls forgive me for supplying only very limited details that are shown in the link page. But these are all selected stones by my father so the quality is guaranteed. I can reply to short/simple requests/questions (combined shippng, etc.), but if you need my detailed assistance for your purchase, pls wait until I can assist you.
Thank you all very much in advance.
QLD Fundraiser Maruichi Page
More stones shown in the link page. 
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I will be taking Yokoyama kanna orders with utmost priority for a while.
Tougou Reigou and Tougou-kou raw material stock has ran out at Yokoyama smithy, but he can still forge with other steels.
I strongly recommend to stock up with his VAR WS#1 and Swedish Assab K120 kannas while you can....
Please mention "Yokoyama" in the Subject box when you write to me for your order.
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Santoku: The most useful knife in a home kitchen in my opinion. This is the best selling kitchen knife shape in Japan. If you'd check the knives used by J housewives or husbands, I'm pretty sure that more than 90% would be santokus. Altho J and W foods are different I still think that santoku being the most useful knife applies to western food preparation too if you want to cook well balanced food using various ingredients. The extra height of the blade compared to a gyuto makes a huge difference in ease of use when chopping vegetables, because you don't have to tuck your fingers in or hold the handle with your finger tip (especially if you have larger hands) to avoid hitting the cutting board to let the heel of the blade touch the cutting board. Do you see what I mean? Seriously, if you don't have a santoku pls try one, again it is my most recommended knife. SOLD
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New product from Heiji
I will start taking orders for these knives soon. 
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Heiji Swedish carbon steel Ko-deba 125mm with J cedar saya + Oz jarrah pin (JT made).
You'd need a larger deba if you want to fillet something like the king fish shown below, but unless you're a chef you'd rarely get to fillet such large fish, right? So for most of the cases a ko-deba ("ko" means "small") in between 100~150mm is more useful.
16400JPY SOLD
Left: Heiji Kodeba (in stock), Right: Shigefusa Kodeba (this one is what I am using.)
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My recent project, with Wildlight Studios custom made glass knobs by Tracy.
Wildlight Stuidos website
http://www.wildlightstudios.com/index.htm
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Yellowtail Kingfish party
My 195mm Shigefusa looks like a Ko-deba....
Success 
It's kind of like splitting a bamboo in half. You need to place the blade in the right part, and with this kind of size, requires a fair bit of pressure. No need to mention that the blade has to be very very sharp.
First Night 
Sashimi 
Shioyaki of Kama (Shoulder grilled with salt) 
Kirimi Nitsuke (Stewed fillet)
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Since this is my hobby, as all of you who have contacted me before should know, I spend lots of time explaining things, interviewing the needs, and for searching the right tools, especially the natural stones (this is the toughest! especially the stones for razors!!!), it takes so many email exchanges to just sell one item. As you can see, I don't sell things thru shopping cart and that sort of things.
I haven't decided how to cope with this situation yet, but I really don't want to raise my price to control the numbers of contacts, so please be patient until I can get back to you and deliver your ordered items. At the moment, delivery from Jp is basically mannaged by my father alone, and he's doing it completely as a favor, and packing these fragile tools and stones, filling out the EMS form, going to the PO to have it delivered, takes so much time and effort, so again please be aware that the delivery might/will take a while (much logner than regular retailers) depending on the item and the situation.
Lastly, sometimes when someone sends me an inquiry, it seems that I can read their messages, but they can't read mine. If this is happening to you (ie don't hear any replies from me), basically I always reply, so I suggest checking your email server or whatever that might be blocking the message to be delivered.
Thanks!!!
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