Tadafusa Kitchen Knives

Made in Sanjo Japan (know as 'the town of blacksmiths'), Tadafusa have been manufacturing knives since 1948. They began by making various tools including sickles, short swords and fishing knives, and then moved to specialise in kitchen knives for home and professional use. Now used by home cooks and professional chefs all over the world, to ensure authenticity and unparalleled quality, Tadafusa knives have continued to be hand forged by 3 generations of the same Japanese family.

Sone Torasaburo started Tadafusa and made various kinds of knives such as sickles, short swords and kitchen knives by using the forging techniques he learned as an apprentice making hand-forged metal scales. He gradually started to specialise in making fishing knives and then also after addressing a need began to create kitchen knives for home and professional use. 



Since the company’s foundation, Tadafusa have strived to continue creating “the best products” by hand for their customers through every single process and to make each knife with their total and utmost enthusiasm.

Their products have won various prizes, such as the Good-Design Award and the  Good Design Award of Small and Medium Enterprise, because they have continued making great efforts to create hand-forged knives that customers really desire with the demands of the present day.

From now on, Tadafusa promise to keep creating knives with great high-quality to meet customers requests and the needs of the current age. And like fighting against the disasters of the Ikarashi River, they will continue to promote “Sanjo as the Town of Blacksmiths” to the world through their products.

Tadafusa have two types of kitchen knives - Bocho Kobo (Japanese Style) and Hocho Kobo (European Style).

View both these styles and ranges here...