I bought two knives with engraved initials. They’re lovely. it is very easy to communicate with Yuri (the owner) about preference, style, and your use case because she speaks perfectly fluent English.

They offer two layering styles of knives, just the stainless steel (mv) and stainless steel surrounded by a bit more decorative layers. I bought single layers because they’re more my taste. They will soon have an 8cm paring knife which I would’ve bought but it’s not finished yet (as of 2025-05-23). They offer all styles of knife’s which is great: Japanese handles, western handles, full tang, 3/4 tang (three quarter, could be two thirds tang, it’s hard to tell), 1 or 3 layers of blade layering with mv steel, various finishes on the knives handle, various styles of blade shapes (nakiri, santoku/chefs, etc). If you get English initials it can be on the neck of the knife (I prefer that location) otherwise it’ll be on the side without the company brand with the sounded out equivalent of your name (presumably katakana).

Relative to other shops nearby they have extremely budget friendly knives (with stainless steel which is less common and idk why that is), a better show room, and Yuri speaks perfect English! That’s invariably why she has tons of reviews from foreigners, it is easy to communicate with her about preference, style, and your use case.

Come early in the morning and bring cash (7 eleven is two blocks away). The cash discount is insane... You’ll see for yourself. The discount is only in the morning for some reason, maybe I misunderstood Yuri though.