<What you will do>
You can learn and practice sharpening the kitchen knife with whetstones. You can see and experience fitting handle to the blades as well. In this workshop, one knife per participant is included to take home. You can select one from below with the letters you want on the blade.
<Knife Type>
Santoku knife (Carbon):
All purpose knife, 165mm to 175mm, Double edged
Santoku knife (Stainless):
All purpose knife, 165mm to 175mm, Double edged
Sashimi knife (Carbon):
For slicing Sashimi, 210mm, Single edged
Deba knife (Carbon):
For filleting fishes, 150mm, Single edged
Petty knife (Carbon):
Fruits knife, 130mm to 150mm, Double edged
Petty knife (Stainless):
Fruits knife, 130mm to 150mm, Double edged
※Carbon steel is harder and sharper than Stainless Steel but it gets rust easily. You can sharpen it with whetstones or polish with sand papers to remove the rust.
※Stainless steel is easy to maintain but it gets dull and lasts little faster.
<Engraving>
You can engrave up to 7 letters in Japanese or English.
If you need a help to translate some English into Japanese, let us know.
<Workshop Schedule>
10:00~12:00
13:00〜15:00
15:00〜17:00
※Duration 2 hours
・Meeting at ①Wada store or ②Magocoro Base Sakai
・Learn about Japanese knives at the Knife Museum 30 min
・Learn how to sharpen knives using whetstones 20 min
・Practice sharpening a knife by yourself 30 min
・Experience fitting handles to the knife 20 min
・Clean and wrap your knife and pack it in a box
<Location>
①Wada store : 1-1-1 Shinmeicho Higashi, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
②Magocoro Base Sakai : 1-2-13 Shinmeicho Higashi, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan
<Included>
・English guide
・Visiting the knife museum
・Sharpen knives experience
・Fitting handle experience
・Your knife with your favorite letters on the blade
・One booking includes one knife. If you want more knives than booking numbers, each costs 16,000 yen additionally.
<Caution>
・Participants must be older than 11 years old
・Our staff will interpret in English
・Interpretation in other languages must be arranged by the customer.
For other languages,a private rental fee will be required, which you will need to arrange yourself.
Private rental fee = (5-n) x 5,000 yen
・Group Reservations
Up to 10 participants in principle.
(Please contact us for larger groups.)
・Please arrive 5–10 minutes before your scheduled reservation time.
<Cancel Policy> ※After the payment
0% - 28 days or more in advance
30% - 27 to 15 days in advance
50% - 14 to 10 days in advance
80% - 9 to 5 days in advance
100% - 4 days to the same day