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Hamono (cutlery) museum, Sakai, Osaka
Region · Sakai, Osaka
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Entry No. 002 · Verified profile

Sakai Takayuki

Brand, Sakai, Osaka

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堺孝行
銘 Mei · Registered brand name of Aoki Hamonok
Region
Sakai, Osaka
Kanji (銘)
堺孝行
Main steels
VG10, Shirogami #2, Molybdenum/Inox
Listings tracked
201 listings · 3 shops priced
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Profile

  • Brand of Aoki Hamono Seisakusho (青木刃物製作所), a Sakai knife company that grew out of a cutlery wholesaler founded in 1947.1
  • The Sakai Takayuki name was registered as a trademark in 1964; the company built its Sanpo workshop in Sakai in 1977, and blacksmiths and sharpeners moved in the following year.1
  • Supplies kitchen-tool shops, knife retailers and importers in Japan and overseas, with a range that spans Japanese and Western-style kitchen knives, Chinese cleavers, confectionery and soba knives.1
  • Hocho Knife names blacksmiths Itsuo Doi and Kenji Togashi among the craftsmen the brand works with.2

Statements are paraphrased from the cited pages (makers' own sites, local-government guides and retailers). Founding year, family lineage and workshop address are left blank where no primary source was found.

Where to buy & pricesnapshot 2026-10-17

ShopListingsPrice rangeExample listing
Knifewear
Prices in CAD		103
44 in stock		C$88–C$1,858Sakai Takayuki Sanpo Mizu Gyuto 210mm
C$513 · In stock		 View at shop ↗Not an affiliate link
Chubo Knives
Prices in USD		70
38 in stock		$62–$874Sakai Takayuki Nashiji Kengata Santoku 160mm
$204 · In stock		 View at shop ↗Not an affiliate link
Tokushu Knife
Prices in USD		28
1 in stock		$129–$1,599Sakai Takayuki Sanpou White #2 Gyuto 210mm
$299 · Sold out		 View at shop ↗Not an affiliate link
Hocho Knife
Brand page		——All Sakai Takayuki knives at Hocho Knife
Brand page · live prices & stock at the shop		 View at shop ↗Affiliate link

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Steels in the catalogue

Number of tracked listings that name each steel.