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256 Dupont St, Toronto
Knives are the oldest tool in the human journey
PREHISTORY
For over a million years, stone was used to create our first knives. This example is only 75,000 years old.
EARLY MIDDLE AGES
This Roselli Wootz Steel knife design has been used in European kitchens since the 8th century.
MODERN TIMES
K-Sabatier chef’s knives have delivered French cuisine for 200 years. They are made like all Japanese knives, except the K-Sabatier 200 series out performs them in price and ability.
hacher&krain is not like any other knife store in Toronto
It began with the need to understand knives, the oldest tool in the human journey, through their relationship with food and to separate facts from marketing hype.
Only knife makers who have been and continue to be significant contributors to the culinary cutlery arts will be presented for your review and consideration.
There are many knife makers but only a few contribute to advancing the culinary knife industry
K-Sabatier (France)
Roselli (Finland)
Gude (Germany)
Heimo Roselli Collection
the only knife shop in Toronto selling Roselli’s WOOTZ carbon steel culinary & butcher knives
Learn more from our research
KNIFE SHARPENING …TAKING CARE OF THE TOOL THAT TAKES CARE OF YOU
Knife sharpening is edge care
the forging of the carbon (staining steel) culinary knife consumer, part 2: YOU HAD ME AT HELLO*
part two: You Had Me At Hello”
the forging of the carbon culinary knife consumer part one: WHO’S ON 1st *
Part 1: Who’s on 1st
Care for the knives that care for you
We provide complimentary knife sharpening service at our shop for all knives purchased from hacher&krain.
We will also sharpen your straight-edged knives not purchased from hacher&krain.
We do not charge for this service.
Instead, we collect donations in the name of a young person who lost their battle to pediatric cancer and donate the funds raised in her name to pogo.ca (The Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario).
