Hayabusa Cutlery is made in Tsubame City, Japan exclusively for Ginkgo Int’l Ltd in the Kataoka kitchen knife factory. The area’s manufacturing history dates back some 400 years to the Edo Period starting with metal nails, venturing into samurai sword production, and now to some of the most sought after metal and kitchenware products in the country and around the world. Blades are finished with a hammered surface, and bead blast to the line is as beautiful as it is comfortable. The hammered surface, and bead blast accentuate the difference between the hard and soft layers.