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The Kai Shun Handcrafted Knives come from Japan. Shun Cutlery was introduced to the North American market in 2002. While the Shun brand is relatively young, its pedigree goes back much farther.

Kai Shun Handcrafted

In 1908 Saijiro Endo first set up shop in Japan’s famous Seki City, Japan. This is city with a blade-making tradition that goes back over 800 years. Initially, the company produced folding knives. They expanded into razors.

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Eventually they started making the Kai Shun Handcrafted Knives. Finally, the company would be known as Kai Cutlery. Today it is the Kai Group.

A direct descendant of the company’s founder, Kai Chairman and CEO, Koji Endo, conceived the bold idea of bringing high-quality Japanese cutlery to the US and European markets. He named the brand “Shun,” which refers to the Japanese tradition of fresh, seasonal eating, and even designed the logo still used today.