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

Did a knife sharpening course - now I know what I’ve been doing wrong with my knives. Really informative and learnt a lot.

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.

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.

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.

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 have come to this lovely knife shop twice now to get my chef knives serviced.You are able to “tomato test” them before leaving the shop. I also received advice on how to keep them sharper.Always happy to spend my money here.I intend to attend the knife sharpening class in due course.

Specialist Japanese knives store sourced directly from master blacksmiths. Helpful and knowledgeable staff. Interesting to learn how the iconic patterns are created.

I honestly cannot believe the customer service experience I have had purchasing a gift voucher from this company. I bought a £99 voucher to be delivered at a scheduled time in a few days from my purchase date with a personalised image. The day/time comes and goes with nothing sent to my recipient (for their birthday). I send a complaint that the voucher hasn't been sent to them, and receive a reply 3 days later which my recipient was CC'd to my complaint email and a generic reply Dear Customer

Took my knife for a repair at the Baker Street branch which they did an OK job of. Had a look around the store and noticed that they are charging around 30% more for knives than other Japanese knife shops, for example, the Shiro Kami Sujihiki 24cm knife is £199.95 in Knives from Japan (a 15 minute walk from here) while here they are charging a whopping £414 for the same knife! Very expensive, search around before you buy from here.One of the staff members is very obnoxious aswell, almost felt like he was smirking at his co-worker about me because I couldn’t pronounce the name of one of there knives.

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.