Learning to sharpen a knife

包丁研ぎの教室ほうちょうとぎのきょうしつ

Craft · Learning

An hour at a whetstone with a craftsman from a knife shop in Kappabashi or Tsukiji: the angle, the burr, the sound the edge makes when it is right. You leave able to keep the knife you bought sharp for the rest of its life, which is the difference between a souvenir and a tool.

How to arrange it: Offered by several knife shops on set days; book ahead and bring the knife you bought there.
Price band: ¥¥
Allow: 60 min
Where: Asakusa, Tsukiji & Toyosu

Where to book it

Asakusa

Kamata Hakensha Knife Sharpening School

庖丁工房タダフサ鎌田刃物商会研ぎ教室

¥¥ · 90 min · English: partial

Run out of a working Kappabashi cutlery dealer rather than a pop-up studio, the class is taught by staff who sharpen customers' knives professionally every day. Two tiers - a 90-minute beginner session and a smaller, more technical advanced class - let a visitor actually take a dull knife home sharp rather than just watch a demonstration.

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