Kiridashi Knife 12mm, Right-Handed Woodworking Marking Knife | Japanese Craft Knife for Scribing, Carving, Whittling, Leather Cutting - Hand-Forged Single-Bevel Blade, Made in Japan

This Kiridashi marking knife is amazing. It is exactly what I was looking for at a very reasonable price. It is razor sharp, and I’ve had no issues with the tip breaking like some others have mentioned in their reviews. I’m assuming that the people who broke the tip either twisted it or were pressing insanely hard to break it. But even if the tip does eventually break, if you’re buying this then there’s a 99% chance that you’re a woodworker, so resharpening it shouldn’t be an issue if you have a honing station for your chisels anyway. The only thing that I wish they’d change is the packaging. It just comes in a plastic package with a cardboard backer, with a little plastic sheath over the tip. So I ended up buying a cheap little necklace box from Amazon for like $10, and ripped out the interior of it and replaced it with high density foam cut to the shape of the marking knife to safely store it. I also made a little sheath just to cover the tip in between uses while I’m using it. If you get it, I definitely recommend buying/making some form of storage box for it. The one I found actually worked out great because it kind of matches the Japanese Aesthetic too!

This is a fantastic little Knife then Steel is especially good quality being high carbon. The blade came razor sharp and is as easy as can be to sharpen with its overall shape. Definitely worth every penny spend especially when compared to the company Jayger who sell similar style knives at higher prices for worse quality. It is the perfect size for smaller tasks that don't require my 18mm that I actually purchased before the 12mm. Material is a high carbon steel that for the price I had to buy more than one and my only regret is that I didn't buy my curved handle Kiridashi from this company and not Jayger who was a massive disappointment.

My son in law loves this knife. I gave it to him for Christmas 2024 and he takes it on every camping trip.

Authentic and frighteningly sharp.

I hated the cheap packaging be EXTREMELY careful when opening, but the knife is AWESOME, having the single bevel limited it’s uses way more than I thought I would. I’ve used this more as a regular knife rather than a marking knife but the craftsmanship is top notch. I have a cheaper set of marking knives that have the double bevel that I end up using more just because of that. But the material and build quality is absolutely excellent. I’m definitely going to have to have a carry case for this knife to be able to use it more frequently, a good problem to have if you asked me.

Nice knife with good weight. I needed it to cut down leather pool cue tips while installing them and this fits the bill

Very very sharp knife, great for taking off lots of wood on carving. Isn’t a knife for details and I am going to make a handle for it so it fits my larger hands.

I will never use an exacto knife again. This is much better and stronger and can be sharpened to be reused again and again. It’s hard to press hard with a flimsy exacto knife blade, but this is sturdy when pressed firmly on your chosen object.

Great blade, hold nicely carved smoothly