Products ｜ ZANMAI　kitchen knife made in Japan

ZANMAI 8A

We pursue to create the shape of handle that professional have a desire to have in their diary work.

The structure of the handle

This is full-tang. We incorpolate the most desired feedback from the chef on this products.
So, the balance of the weight is proper and it's durable.
We are very carefull to design the mechanism even invisible part for the professional use.

The blade edge is finished in perfect Hamaguri form, just like our full-dress high-grade kitchen knives.

	Our Hamaguri edge is the ideal cutting structure - providing true sharpness and blade strength. We are believing that VG-10 steel with Hamaguri form is the best shape for the kitchen kife. Because it's durable, anti-rust and sensitive edge. It's an ulitimate blade at this point.
But it's not soeasy to process this material to the blade. If you handle this material in a wrong way, the hardness drops. However, our concept will make it possible to be a distinctive knife.

ZANMAI MolybdenumVanadium Hair line


Petty 3.5" (90mm) HBB-6000 Price $65.00	Petty 4.7" (120mm) HBB-6001 Price $70.00	Petty 5.9"(150mm) HBB-6002 Price $80.00	Santoku 7.0"(180mm) HBB-6003 Price $95.00

Zanmai Hammered/Ripple

Our orginal 2 blades

Ripple VG-10 Damascus blade

This blad pattern is created by our original technique that we have accumelated in the last 20 years. The design is laid out precisely regularly by using our cutting-edge technology. It represents ocean and shore line. It's associated with a Japanese traditional picture in the Edo era.

Hammered VG-10 Damascus blade

We strive for hand-made quality. Hammerd style is a traditional method in our knife making history.
And we finish the blade with mirror baffing. So, the looking is very hand-crafted and outstanding.
The way we do hammered process is totally our original.

The octagonal handle with decorative pin

Decorative box

This decorative wooden box is optional. It's very suited to the gift for your presious person. (It is a special order. If you are interested in this box, please make an inquiry.)

Zanmai Twisted

VG-10 blade

The blade edge is finished in perfect Hamaguri form, just like our full-dress high-grade kitchen knives.


Our Hamaguri edge is the ideal cutting structure - providing true sharpness and blade strength. We are believing that VG-10 steel with Hamaguri form is the best shape for the kitchen kife. Because it's durable, anti-rust and sensitive edge. It's an ulitimate blade at this point.
But it's not soeasy to process this material to the blade. If you handle this material in a wrong way, the hardness drops. However, our concept will make it possible to be a distinctive knife.

Twisted handle

The blade edge is finished in perfect Hamaguri form, just like our full-dress high-grade kitchen knives.

In the theory, it's very complicated. It was impossible to shape this octagonal, twisted handle. But we mixed our experience and the cutting-edge technology to innovate this amazing spiral feature. This form can fit your hand confortably and it is functional and ornamental.

The nickel silver is used as the bolster as well as ZANMAI 2P series and ZANMAI PRO series. The nickel silver is highly considered as anti-bacterial and anti-rust. Our advanced machine make it possible to implement this shape. The apprealing point is that the spiral line on the wooden handle and the spiral line on the bolster can fit precisely.

Decorative wooden box (Paulownia box)

This decorative wooden box is optional. It's very suited to the gift for your presious person. When we ship, this box is into the cardboard box.

Hammered Damascus


Petty 3.5" (90mm) TZ2-4000DH Price $142.00	Petty 4.3" (110mm) TZ2-4001DH Price $164.00	Petty 5.9"(150mm) TZ2-4002DH Price $180.00	Santoku 7.0"(180mm) TZ2-4003DH Price $214.00


Gyutô 7.0"(180mm) TZ2-4004DH Price $214.00	Gyutô 8.2"(210mm) TZ2-4005DH Price $239.00	French Slicer 8.8"(225mm) TZ2-4006DH Price $277.00	Gyutô 9.4"(240mm) TZ2-4007DH Price $299.00


Nakiri 6.5"(165mm) TZ2-4008DH Price $231.00