** This Japanese Knife Giveaway was originally in this Baked Chicken Breast recipe post. As the giveaway has closed, the details of the giveaway have been moved to a separate post to avoid cluttering the recipe post with irrelevant details. Entries for the giveaway are in the Baked Chicken Breast recipe. **
Handcrafted Japanese Knife Giveaway!
{Update: Giveaway has closed, the winner is Monica O’Sullivan!}
The last time we asked my mother to bring a kitchenware item back from Japan, it was “just” a Yakitori charcoal grilling station. “It’s only 10 kg (20 lb)!” my sister cajoled. “C’mon mum!”
We were only joking. Though perhaps not excessively heavy, it’s about 1 m / 3 feet long and given she was also manhandling her ski gear, we didn’t actually think she would lug one back for us.
But she did. Boy was she peeved when my sister, brother and I burst into peals of laughter when we saw that she actually brought one back for us! (In our defence, we have made a great effort to have regular Yakitori gatherings since then, during which we always relive the story, sniggering mightily as we do so).
This time, my Japanese kitchenware item request was a little smaller. Though still a bit disgruntled (“You were just here! Why didn’t you get it yourself!!!”, my mother messaged grumpily), bringing back a Japanese hand crafted knife to give away for my readers was a much easier task! 😂
I had hoped to incorporate this giveaway into a relevant recipe – think chopped salad or the like – but patience has never been my biggest virtue and thus it shall reside in a totally irrelevant recipe, one that doesn’t even use a knife at all.
A great knife is your greatest asset in the kitchen. A sharper knife does not mean greater risk of cutting yourself, it means less risk because you don’t need to worry about slippage. If I had $500 to spend on a kitchen item, it would be on one great knife. And that’s what I’m giving away today – a beautiful, Japanese, handcrafted knife and a stone sharpener from my favourite knife shop in Tokyo. Scroll down to enter! {Update: Giveaway has closed, the winner is Monica O’Sullivan!} And here’s a little preview of how sharp the knife is. 🙂
i would love this knife!!
I would like to know for the next drawing of a knife. thank you.
I absolutely love your recipes and would love the knife as I really need a good, great knife
Nagi are you able to post where we are able to purchase this knife at all? Would like to find out more information about it
Hi Sarah, you cannot purchase these online, it’s a small store in Japan 😉 N x
Is there a second best knife ? We have been looking for a really good knife for so long😬
Thanks Nagi, hopefully when travel is allowed out of Aus again I’ll finally be able to get to Japan 🙂
I am thinking a shimp scampi dish with extra baked shrimp for my dog Louie and cats Jack and Wilson. I will make the cheese garlic pull away bread from your menu.
I caught my breath when I saw the knife!
Sigh..I missed out entering by almost a year! haha.
My wife bought my brother a hand crafted knife from a (now deceased) samurai sword maker. He just happened to make kitchen knives too! 🙂
My brother has not taken it out of the box. About six years to date.
I drool for one of these knives! haha… ahhh well…lucky Monica O’Sullivan.
What a beautiful knife, would love it!
stone sharpener where to find