A Gurantō knife is built once, for one person. Choose your steel, your handle, your balance, and finish it with a mark that is entirely your own.
Commissioned Piece — Damascus & Gold Inlay
Every Gurantō begins as a conversation, not a catalogue number. This is the order those decisions get made in.
Gyuto, Santoku, Nakiri or a shape built around how you actually cook.
From clean stainless cores to hand-folded Damascus, matched to hardness and edge life you want.
Wood, horn or composite, shaped and weighted for your grip and your hand alone.
A name, initials, or a custom hanko-style seal, set permanently into the steel.
Every collection below is a foundation. Steel, handle and engraving are still yours to decide.
霞
A single-core stainless steel built for daily cooking: easy to maintain, quick to sharpen, honest in the hand.
槌
Hammer-textured Damascus, folded in dozens of layers for a blade with visible grain and real character.
浪
Powder steel at the core, vacuum heat-treated and deep-frozen for the highest edge retention we offer.
A Gurantō blade is built to earn its edge back after every sharpening, for years, not to sit in a box. The balance, the grind and the handle are all set around how it actually feels mid-cut, in your hand, on your board.
The steel you choose shapes everything downstream: how long an edge lasts, how easily it sharpens, how it ages. Here's roughly how the core options compare.
| Steel | Hardness | Edge Retention | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stainless Core | 56–58 HRC | Good | Daily use, low maintenance, easy resharpening |
| Damascus Folded | 60–62 HRC | Very Good | A visible, individual grain pattern with real toughness |
| Powder Steel | 63–65 HRC | Excellent | Serious cooks who sharpen rarely and want the edge to hold |
In kintsugi, a broken bowl isn't hidden or replaced, it's rejoined with gold, and the repair becomes the most valuable part of the piece. We think about personalisation the same way.
A name etched into steel, a handle shaped for one hand, a balance point set for one grip: these aren't add-ons to a standard knife. They're the actual point of making one at all.
Every Gurantō blade carries a mark that only exists on that blade. That's not a feature. That's the whole idea.
Personalised, boxed, and finished, ready to give rather than just to order.
A shared blade, or a matched pair, engraved with initials or a date.
Something built for the moment, not picked off a shelf.
A working blade first, with the steel and hardness to earn its place on the line.
Consistent branding across a batch, with individual names still engraved.
A commission usually starts with a short back-and-forth on blade shape, steel and timing. Send the details through and we'll reply with next steps.