Miyabi Artisan 7-Piece Knife Block Set

Hand-Hammered Blades That Release What They Cut

The Miyabi Artisan 7-Piece Knife Block Set is for cooks who do a great deal of vegetable prep and want a very hard Japanese edge that food does not cling to. It gathers the four knives that cover most daily cutting in a block with room to grow, finished with a hammered surface that sets the line apart from its smooth-bladed siblings.

Why It Works

• Hammered Tsuchime finish: The hand-hammered surface keeps slices of potato, cucumber and apple from sticking, so they fall away from the blade instead of riding up the face.


• Powder steel core: Fine carbides let the edge be honed thin and stay sharp through long stretches of prep.


• CRYODUR ice-hardening: Miyabi’s sub-zero hardening process adds hardness, durability and corrosion resistance.


• Honbazuke edge: Each edge is hand-honed in three stages to a thin Japanese profile for clean cuts with little resistance.

In the Kitchen

The hammered finish earns its keep on starchy and wet produce. The santoku slices potatoes for gratin and cucumbers for salad without the slices clinging to the blade, and the chef’s knife works through onions, carrots and boneless proteins. The bread knife takes on crusty loaves and ripe tomatoes, and the paring knife handles peeling, coring and trimming in the hand.