Our ranges
Haiku Original
The Japanese Haiku knife originated in a century-old family-run workshop in Japan, where it is crafted from high-quality Japanese steel. Its resistance to corrosion is the result of complex craftsmanship, honed over many years.
Upon its arrival in Europe in the mid-1990s, Haiku immediately made its mark. Long before sustainability became a requirement, the knife already embodied its principles : natural materials, construction designed to last and a timeless aesthetic. A well-crafted, durable and precise tool, favoured by those who value an intuitive grip, perfectly balanced handling and a sharp edge that is as effective as it is easy to sharpen.
A knife designed today with tomorrow’s demands in mind.
Haiku Home
The Haiku Home series offers a light cutting experience and excellent grip, typical of Japanese knives. This knife was designed to meet the expectations of moderate cooks, while still offering a common cutting quality.
Because the handles are not cemented, they are not intended for heavy use in professional kitchens. The handles of Haiku Home knives are made of the first, untreated, raw wood layers, an important cost factor less.
Haiku Home is the first Japanese knife sold in Europe. The history from which it draws its roots is immemorial in two ways, on a Japanese scale for its manufacturing and on a European scale for its marketing.
Haiku Kurouchi
Kurouchi is derived from the transliteration of two untranslatable Japanese kanji evoking a rustique unpolished aspect. When the product appeared about twenty years ago it was the first of its kind, since then even in Japan the Latin term has become emblematic.
The handle is made of hardened wood and stained black. The ferule in steel fixed with a metal pin. It is an extreme mono-artisanat, each reference is made only by one person in particular, who does not make the others. The knife is forged freely, that is to say, without a mold, then put under the hammer.
This is the primitive knife, as it was imagined in the past, redesigned and revisited with modern performing steels (1,2 % carbon).
Haiku Ryoma Sakamoto
This is a Japanese knife from Tosa, Kochi Prefecture, named after the samurai of the same name, in memory of the impression he left on this island. The Haiku Ryoma Sakamoto knives are raw-forged carbon steel knives. ‘Raw-forged’ refers to unpolished knives. These knives possess an authentic charm, with the marks left by the hammer used by the blacksmith to shape them deliberately left visible.
Version with simple, unvarnished handles, which can be replaced if required. Standardised blade thicknesses, in contrast to Haiku Kurouchi, which are freely forged and vary in thickness.
Haiku Sets
Take a dive into Japanese culinary art with Haiku knife sets. Combining traditional craftsmanship, cutting precision, and natural elegance, they offer the perfect balance between performance and authenticity in the kitchen.
Each set includes complementary blades to meet the essential needs of food preparation.
Affordable sets for small budgets and professionals!
Ryoma Rainbow
The poetry of light. Kitchen knives enhanced by the hammered, coloured Damascus blades of the Ryoma Rainbow range. A premium product in which every material has been carefully selected to create this visual work of art, striking a balance between tradition and modernity.
The Japanese steel blades are set with a traditional octagonal rosewood handle. Each blade comes in its own dedicated presentation box.
With its iridescent colours and razor-sharp edge, this range possesses a fatal beauty that captures even the most discerning of hearts.
Ryoma Kurosan
In Japanese, Kurosan means ‘the man in black’. With Ryoma Kurosan, elegance takes on a deeper hue. Inspired by the simplicity and strength of Japanese traditions, this collection features hammered blades with a black finish that gives them a character that is at once raw, timeless and resolutely contemporary. Their patina evokes tools forged since the Iron Age, whilst every glint highlights the unique texture of the non-stick hammering.
Beneath this bold, dark and mysterious aesthetic lies a three-layer high-carbon Damascus steel construction, designed to deliver a precise, durable and remarkably high-performance cutting edge. At the base of the blade is a wavy hamon, a tribute to the most prestigious Japanese samurai swords. A true hallmark of traditional forging, this iconic line evokes the ancestral craftsmanship of master blacksmiths and enshrines each knife within the heritage of Asian cutlery. Each blade is hand-fitted to a traditional octagonal handle crafted from Australian walnut, with its natural grain and warm tones.
Haiku, the traditional Japanese knife representing an art and a culture.
Made in a small family-run factory from quality japanese steel with a complex alchemy for the stainless side, Haiku Japanese knife quickly conquered the european market in the mid 1990s. The pioneer of the old-fashioned japanese knife has been adopted by all those who seek a pleasant grip combined with perfect balance and a proven easy-to-sharpen edge.
Praise for simplicity. One of the reasons for the resounding success of Japanese craftsmen is their ability to reduce objects to their simplest form. Haiku, the poet knife, is a mythical representative of this natural skill and is available in several ranges, of which Haiku Original is the best known. The best layers of honoki wood with a protective treatment that develops a patina over time, give it a character that is highly prized by customers looking for authentic value for money. Honoki is a species of wood, Magnolia Hypoleuca, a non-coniferous tree that has been used for centuries to make Japanese sayas and swords, not to be confused with hinoki which is a cypress.
Zen balance and harmony, as underlined by the more relaxed grip than the hard wooden "pakka" handles. Honoki has the particularity of being relaxing in itself (in the past, bathtubs were made of this material to relax). The Ancients had already integrated these notions at the time of the samurai who, in addition to the grip, required a fixing system that does not generate vibration waves. In this spirit, the Haiku knife is stuck without a nail in a bamboo which holds the whole together, only a bamboo pin holds the ferrule. Thus the knife is protected from hygrometric variations that cause the rivets of synthetic handles to move. An ingenious construction.
The Haiku knife has all the qualities of the traditional Japanese knife in its design, manufacture and quality control.Haiku, the traditional japanese knife representing an art and a culture.