Founded in 1953 as a start-up for machine parts for agricultural equipment, and in 1955 he began manufacturing kitchen knives.
The number of Tojiro products is one of the best in the industry, and its products are divided according to the material, including most of the kitchen knife materials on the market, Damascus series and Qingbai paper steel series due to the complex manufacturing process, the market pricing is generally high, not the focus of its products, these two series are not outstanding in the same grade of products.
The mainstream VG-10 steel and powder steel kitchen knives are Tojiro's most prominent products, which can best reflect its cost-effective characteristics. Tojiro specializes in the steel clamping process, which is the Japanese saying "Sangai", which is the production method of most Japanese kitchen knives. However, Tojiro is different from Shun's clamping steel, as the saying goes, "good steel is used on the blade", Tojiro implements this statement more thoroughly, and saves costs as much as possible in the use of materials, except for the blade, the material and craftsmanship of the blade do not take much thought, so most of the prices are lower than similar materials kitchen knives.
DP series is currently the cheapest VG-10 steel kitchen knife on the market, F808, F311, F503 are its basic representatives, are popular entry-level kitchen knives, the price is within 500 yuan. The blade is made of 13 chromium stainless steel, which plays the role of anti-rust, anti-corrosion and anti-wear, but the chromium content of 13% is only the basic standard of stainless steel, which is not high, and the anti-rust ability needs to be maintained and consolidated in daily use. In addition to the basic model, other kitchen knives of the DP series are mainly upgraded in the knife body design and handle material, and the price is about 1000 yuan, which is not as cost-effective as the basic model.
Powder steel series to Japanese cattle knife-based, including from 170mm to 300mm blade length of a variety of models, the best applicability is the model F520, blade length 210mm, moderate length, powder steel core plus 13 chromium stainless steel blade, the price is within 1000 yuan, details such as grip and balance is not as good as ten, friends who value the practical function of powder steel can list this as the first choice.