Bernal Cutlery

The Selector is back in action! All flush with pocket knives at our SF shop. Swing by 12-6 Wednesday to Sunday ... #pocketknives #vintageknives #traditionalfolder #edc #ausabot #laguiole #fontinellepataud #lethiers #georgewostenholm #josephrodgersknife #casexx #schradeknives #benchmade #mcusta #bernalcutlery

Happy Veterans Day! Shout out today in honor of Native American Heritage Month to the Dine code talkers who helped win the Pacific theater in WW2. A big thank you to all those who stood up and sacrificed for freedom, those who have come from all walks of life. ... Here’s to the defeat of all anti-democratic authoritarianism and a greater expansion of freedom and justice for all. #veteransday #somegaveallallgavesome #nativeamericanheritagemonth #codetalkers #bernalcutlery

Hey! Big news, we’re opening up our SF shop to in store shopping tomorrow. We will be open Wednesday through Sunday 12-6. If you’re in the Bay Area you can finally pick up knives and talk to us in person.... After all these months of working virtually with our customers we look forward to seeing most of you. Just kidding we love you all. But wear a mask #bernalcutlery #knifeshop

Thanks for your patience everyone. We are posting these abandoned sharpening orders to eBay under the account KKozak1973, the listings will also be accessable through in the link in our bio page.

Hitohira stainless clad aogami 2 165mm nakiri with octagonal walnut and maple handle. Imagine you are Goldilocks and you come by three nakiris in those bears house. This one is just right. Middle weight but still has finesse, not terribly brittle but not wedgey either. Easy to sharpen for those who like to sharpen and good edge life for those who don’t care to. https://bernalcutlery.com//hitohira-td-165mm-nakiri-aogami... #japaneseknives #aogami #nakiri #kurouchi #bernalcutlery #hitohira #goldilocksknife

Abandoned sharpening order auctions will begin tomorrow Tuesday 11/10. If your knives have been with us 6 or 12 weeks don’t worry, but if it’s been 6 or 12 months best be returning our calls and emails now.... Orders have not been opened since they were finished 9months or more ago, we have no idea what’s in them.... auctions will be for unopened orders. Total mystery! Auctions will be on Instagram for 24 hours starting at 1pm Pacific time.... Bids will start at $5 and will be in $5 increments only, winners will be invoiced after bidding ends and have 24 hours to pay before they go to second highest bidder. See you then! #knifeshop #sharpening #bernalcuery

Big uns. This is my winter squash knife. 10 carbon steel 1950’s Nogent style chef knife with a big n beautiful butternut squash. Thin but tough, zips right through without risk of chipping. (we had these as new old stock for a long time but they are gone...) How do you all handle winter squash? Asking for a friend ... #wintersquash #chefknife #vintageknives #sabatier #carbonsteelknives #bernalcutlery

In other news, there’s been a vicious shark attack in our living room. Puppies are cute for a reason though, I’ve traded knife nicks for little razor puppy teeth pokes lately. There is no way to keep my hands from looking like what Jackson Pollack might have gone on to do with bandaids... #puppiesofinstagram #puppiesarejerks #bandaid #germanshepherdpuppy #bernalcutlery

Just have to take a minute to say how much I loved sharpening with this big Shoubudani bicolored iromono. Super smooth and buttery feeling without shedding mud faster than it removes metal, nice bright kasumi finish with just water and elbow grease, similar to how you would use a synthetic stone (without soaking), but if you don’t add extra water and use the mud generated through sharpening with small stones lightly the finish gets even finer. Super easy to use and very easy ...going. A stone this size will last many many many years, natural stones outlast synthetics many times over and in the long run, end up less expensive. Somebody buy it so I don’t take it home please.. 175x75x35mm 1220 grams $375 #shoubudani #tennentoishi #honyama #iromonotoishi #japanesenaturalstones #japanesewhetstones #bernalcutlery #dontgethighonyourownsupply @ Bernal Cutlery

New old stock K Sabatier 5.5 plat semelle office knife. Essentially a super stout utility knife made for small butchery and general utility work. Check out the width of the blade above the heel, this is a bulge created in the center where the blade was drawn out in one direction and then flipped around and the tang drawn out in another. On the old plat semelle knives this bulge was forged down a little to be a simple wide point that adds extra strength at the weak point of ...the blade. The origins of the full bolster on western knives is in that spot where finer knives would have decorative grinding done at this bulge. Ostentatious grinding and handle work was done on knives used in entertaining by the swells of old, but knives like this were all business. This office knife is 100% work knife and wasn’t made to impress anyone but the cook who would be using it to break down small game and do a million other jobs where a stout little knife is just the thing. I’m impressed with its simple elegance though, the one rosette rivet and rosewood handles are nice. $78 https://bernalcutlery.com/collections/k-sabatier #Sabatier #vintagesabatier #KSabatier #Thiers #Auvergne #officeknife #utilityknife #knifehistory #foodhistory #bernalcutlery @ Bernal Cutlery

Your day just got even better! Some big Shoubudani and Aiiwatani just added to the site, priced pretty reasonably for stones of this size and quality cuz we’re in a good mood. Excellent knife sharpening stones! L-R: 553 Aiiwatani asagi 914 grams LV4 hardness LV4-4.5 Fine $300... 552 Shoubudani asagi 956 grams LV 3-3.5 hardness LV 3.5-4 fineness $300 550 Shoubudani nashiji goma suita 1040 grams LV 3-3.5 hardness LV 3.5+ fineness $425 551 Shoubudani bicolor iromono 1220 grams LV3.5 hardness LV 3.5+ fineness $375 https://bernalcutlery.com//natural-whetsto/natural-stones #japanesenaturalstones #japanesewhetstones #tennentoishi #honyama #Shoubudani #Aiiwatani #sharpening #knifesharpening #bernalcutlery

Hitohira GR hand forged aogami 2 with mild steel / iron suminagashi damascus 210mm gyuto $245 Super thin and light behind the edge but with a nice middle range height. We also just got this series in a santoku, nakiri and petty to come. Www.bernalcutlery.com ... #japaneseknives #hitohiraknives #aogami #carbonsteeknives #suminagashi #gyuto #bernalcutlery

Whole lotta koppa going down. Finally getting to posting some great stones some from mines we don’t often find that we picked up in Japan a ways back. Mostly somewhat hard fine finishers but some that are hazier softer stones... ... L-R top to bottom: Ohira, Sho Honyama, Nakayama, Takashima, Umajiyama Bottom: Mizukihara, Okunomon, Ohira, Nakayama https://bernalcutlery.com/collections/natural-whetstones #tennentoishi #honyama #Japanesenaturalstones #japanesewherstones #Ohira #ShoHonyama #Nakayama #Takashima #Umajiyama #Mizukihara #Okunomon #Ohira #Nakayama #sharpening #knifesharpening #razorsharpening #kamisori #kasumi #awasedo #bernalcutlery