Saito Knives | Quality Japanese Knives and Knife Sharpening: Latest News

Introducing YOSIMITU KAJIYA

Mon, 13 May 2024 07:17:32 +0000

We are thrilled to introduce our newest addition, classic Kurouchi style knives from Yosimitu Kajiya!!!

Yosimitu Kajiya is a family run artisan blacksmith from Shimabara peninsula in Nagasaki Prefecture.

Yosimitu was established in 1937 and the 3rd generation blade - smith, Junichi Ide san forges traditional Kurouchi style kitchen knives as well as fishery and farming tools.
Ide san's knives are rustic, light, sharp and as they are all handcrafted, every knife looks different from each other makes them unique and special.

Kyushu region is another famous area for metal works and blacksmithing from ancient times and Yosimitu inherits classical skills and techniques of forging steels that major knife manufacturers have abandoned ages ago.

Check these light weight sleek knives out and hoyou like the new addition!

Upcoming Sharpening Round for Northern Rivers NSW and Gold Coast

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 20:26:50 +0000

Your blunt knives causing troubles ? The sharpening round for Tweed Heads to Byron Bay area is scheduled for Thursday 2nd March pick up and the following Thursday 9th March delivery.

For Gold Coast area, the coming sharpening round will be Friday 10th pick up and Friday 17th delivery.

If you wish to book in for your knives to be picked up, please contact us with the address, and number of the knives.
Hope to see you soon!!

New batch of handcrafted knives ready soon!

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:29:07 +0000

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
The stocks are slowly coming back from Aritsugu and there are a bunch of handcrafted knives made here finishing very soon so stay tuned!

For sharpening service in Gold Coast, we do Tuesday January 24th pick up and the following Tuesday 31st Jan delivery then a week later in early Feb for Northern Rivers NSW.

If you have any questions, please let us know!!

More Knives Coming in Mid-Late May

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 01:37:55 +0000

We are working on a few dozens of new knives in random shapes and sizes and the blade part is nearly done except some more polishing.
We will go back to start the handles in May and hopefully we can upload them online soon.

You can see some pictures and videos of the process via Instagram so please check them up and if you have any questions, please contact us anytime.
Stay tuned and keep sharp!

Sharpening Round to Northern Rivers NSW is back again.

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 01:14:51 +0000

Sharpening service rounds for areas between Tweed Heads to Ballina NSW is finally back again as the border restrictions are slightly eased.
If your blunt knives are giving you hard times, please contact us to check the earliest available schedules.
We look forward to seeing you soon!

Sharpening Round to NSW on Hold Until Border Re-Opens

Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:05:06 +0000

Our regular sharpening round trips to Northern Rivers NSW has been on hold unfortunately due to another border closure.

We will re-schedule once we are allowed to travel and will get back to everyone on the waiting list.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused and stay safe!!

Happy New Year!!

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 14:36:54 +0000

Happy New Year!! Thank you so much for your support during the rough and tough 2020.
SAITO KNIVES and Masaaki wish you a safe, peaceful and joyous 2021!

We are working on a new batch of handcrafted knives and aiming to finish late January.
These will be up on the website or sent to Bay Grocer in Byron Bay.

Sharpening service for Gold Coast and Byron Bay will be at the end of January.
If your knives need any attentions, please let us know!

Hope everyone enjoy the rest of January and keep well!

Sharpening rounds for Northern Rivers are back!

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:24:14 +0000

QLD / NSW border has reopened and our sharpening round from Tweed Heads to Ballina is back.
Please check the sharpening service page for more details.
For new knives, more items will be back online in November but stocks are still low at the moment due to the slow shipment and we apologise for the inconvenience caused.

COVID-19 UPDATE

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:56:55 +0000

Another quick update with the changes we are experiencing and we hope everyone is doing well.

We are open as usual and making knives / taking knives for sharpening.

We still run Gold Coast sharpening round every month with one week turnaround but unfortunately, no round scheduled for south of Tweed Heads until the QLD border reopens.

For NSW customers looking to get knife sharpening done, please contact us to put your name on the waiting list or please send the knives by mail.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

If you have an appointment with us and are not feeling well, please contact us to re-schedule.

We appreciate your understanding.

Thank you again for your support and stay sharp!

COVID- 19 UPDATE, SAITO KNIVES

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:16:58 +0000

What a massive change we are all forced to face in the last few weeks and we hope everyone is dealing okay!
At SAITO KNIVES, we are still shipping items all over Australia and we take great care handling our items hygienically so rest assured!

We have been staying low on the sharpening side but we will go back to Gold Coast and Northern Rivers NSW very soon so please stay tuned and please contact us if you need reminders for the coming sharpening round.
If you are in Brisbane area, you are most welcome to drop off / pick up from us in Aspley or you can always post the knives to us from anywhere in Australia.

Thank you so much for your support in this hard time and we hope everyone stays safe!!