Knife maker Shintou

[dan-in-tx]

A friend of mine recently traveled to Japan. While in Kyoto, he bought me a knife made by Shintou. (I think)

I’m trying to find information about the maker? It’s a beautiful 185mm Gyuto. This is the shop he bought it from.

https://kyoto-shintou.com/

Any assistance would be appreciated.

[taz575]

I found this on FaceBook:

Small beautiful knife shop, "Shintou" in Kyoto: Shinji Tanioka grew up in a household where both his grandmother and mother taught cooking. So knives were important part of their lives. Tanioka spent more than 15 years, working at Kyoto's famous 560 year-old knife shop, Aritsugu. He became a Sharpening Master, hand honing knives with Honbazuke method and opened his own little shop in Higashiyama last May. The shop has extensive range of brilliant Japanese knives. Tanioka can professionally sharpen your knife and carve your name on any of your newly-purchase knife. Open from 10 am till 6 pm everyday except Wednesdays. The shop is on Matsubara Street in Higashiyama. Tel: (075) 533-7177

So it looks like it's a knife/sharpening shop, not a particular brand and the person who owns the shop does mostly sharpening and engraving.

[TheLegalRazor]

That's a cool store. Thanks for posting the photos. What we still don't know is who made your knife. Perhaps it's a house brand. It has some similarity to the Tsunehisa Nami AUS10.

https://www.chefknivestogo.com/tsnaau1.html

[Kekoa]

Instantly reminded me of the Nami.

[jknife]

Reminded me of a Haruyuki Zanpa which is the same steel and handle as the Nami. Also made in the same place (Tosa). I’m going to go out on a limb and say “same knife, different name “. I do prefer the handle on the Shintou.

[dan-in-tx]

I found this on FaceBook:

Small beautiful knife shop, "Shintou" in Kyoto: Shinji Tanioka grew up in a household where both his grandmother and mother taught cooking. So knives were important part of their lives. Tanioka spent more than 15 years, working at Kyoto's famous 560 year-old knife shop, Aritsugu. He became a Sharpening Master, hand honing knives with Honbazuke method and opened his own little shop in Higashiyama last May. The shop has extensive range of brilliant Japanese knives. Tanioka can professionally sharpen your knife and carve your name on any of your newly-purchase knife. Open from 10 am till 6 pm everyday except Wednesdays. The shop is on Matsubara Street in Higashiyama. Tel: (075) 533-7177

So it looks like it's a knife/sharpening shop, not a particular brand and the person who owns the shop does mostly sharpening and engraving.

Nice find. He did both for this knife. Engraved my name on blade and sharpened the knife. It’s the sharpest knife I’ve ever owned.

[dan-in-tx]

That's a cool store. Thanks for posting the photos. What we still don't know is who made your knife. Perhaps it's a house brand. It has some similarity to the Tsunehisa Nami AUS10.

https://www.chefknivestogo.com/tsnaau1.html

That would make sense. He had knives in the store that looked exactly like the Tsunehisa ZA Santoku that I bought here at CKTG. This photo was from his store.

[dan-in-tx]

Reminded me of a Haruyuki Zanpa which is the same steel and handle as the Nami. Also made in the same place (Tosa). I’m going to go out on a limb and say “same knife, different name “. I do prefer the handle on the Shintou.

Thank you for posting this. It does look identical and it’s the same steel. This is close enough for me to feel comfortable with what I have. He sharpened it and it’s razor sharp. I love the knife and I agree, I like my handle better.