Make a Japanese Hunting Knife or Kitchen Knife at the Seki City Knife Museum in Gifu Prefecture

Overview

Visit the Seki City Knife Museum in Gifu, and the factory of one of the country's leading knife makers, G. Sakai. Experience making your very own Damascus Japanese hunting knife, or kitchen knife, and write your name on it!

Highlights

• Visit the modern factory of leading Japanese knife manufacturer G. Sakai
• Write your name or a pattern of your choice on the surface of the knife
• Make your own Damascus hunting or kitchen knife from assembly to polishing
• See the unique Knife Museum in Seki City, Japan's center of cutlery manufacturing

Important Information

• Participants must be aged 12 or older
• Please note this experience is conducted mainly in Japanese; the host also welcomes overseas guests using simple English, and non-verbal communication

Description

Seki City in Gifu Prefecture developed as a major center for sword making as early as the 13th century thanks to rich deposits of iron sand in the local Nagaragawa River. During the Edo period, there were several hundred blacksmiths producing a large number of samurai swords and knives. Today, Seki is considered one of the world's three best places for cutlery manufacturing, together with Sheffield, UK, and Solingen, Germany.

G. Sakai is a leading Japanese knife producer with trade partners all over the world. The variety of their products and their high-quality knives have been acknowledged by many customers around the globe, in fact they exhibited at the Milan trade fair 'Salone del Mobile.Milano' in 2017—the global benchmark event for the furnishing and design sector.

G. Sakai's knives are now used in various professional fields, such as cookery, hunting, outdoor sports, and even military training.

In this activity, you will visit the Knife Museum, situated in an attractive Canadian-style log house just next to G. Sakai's factory. There you will see interesting rare items and cutlery exhibits from all over the world. Next, you will enter the factory and see how quality Japanese knives are made nowadays. Finally, you will construct your own knife in the atelier by assembling, polishing, sharpening and writing your name on it!

Please choose between the following four options:

1: Make a Damascus Hunting Knife "Kimun Kamuy II" (whose shape resembles a bear fang and can be used even for bear hunting)

2: Make a Damascus Kitchen Knife for practical use

3: Make a Damascus New Folding Hunter

4. Make a Damascus Chinese Kitchen Knife

Total

50,000 JPY

Rakuten Point:

+454

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