Prep Cook
Fast Repetition
Choose a 210 mm gyuto with enough spine to meet crates of onions, then add a coarse stone if your current edges are rounded.
Gyuto rangeBrighton Import Counter · Sakai · Sanjo · Seki · Echizen
Japanese Knives Chosen For Work, Not Showroom Glass.
Litoshi Malon imports small-batch Japanese kitchen knives, whetstones, flattening plates and maintenance gear for chefs, fish cutters, cookery teachers and serious home cooks across Sussex and the UK.
Current Import Box
What Has Just Landed
The Brighton counter is small on purpose. Current mixed boxes include Sakai carbon gyuto for line cooks who want thin food release, Sanjo nakiri with flatter profiles for veg prep, Seki stainless petty knives for fruit, garnish and service jobs, and Binsui-to coarse stones for rebuilding edges before service.
Stock changes by maker and by week. Theo Malon started Litoshi Malon in Brighton in 2020 after several years buying knives for professional kitchens on the south coast. If you need six matching knives for a station, say that first. If you need one honest knife that will survive a busy home kitchen, say what board you use and what you cut most.
Buy By Job
The Question Is Not Which Knife Looks Romantic. The Question Is What It Has To Do.
Fish Bench
Clean Pulls
Ask about longer slicers and carbon steel only if you will dry the blade every few minutes.
Ask TheoVeg-Heavy Home Kitchen
Flat Board Contact
A Sanjo nakiri is often more useful than a dramatic chef knife if your week is squash, greens and prep boxes.
Nakiri notesPastry Bench
Clean Small Work
Small, clean stainless petty work for fruit, chocolate, portioning and service boards where reactive carbon is more bother than help.
Petty rangeFirst Carbon Knife
Honest Maintenance
Start at the lower end, learn patina and wiping habits, and spend the saved money on a proper 1000 grit stone.
Care rulesStock Rules
Useful Steel Comes With Terms.
Dispatch: UK courier dispatch normally leaves Brighton within 2 working days for in-stock items.
Age: Customers under 25 may be asked for age verification before knife dispatch. All knife sales are 18+.
Special Imports: Listed makers take 6 to 10 weeks when the maker has stock, and 12 to 20 weeks for forge-order pieces.
Deposits: Special-order knives require a 40% non-refundable deposit once the maker has confirmed the order.
Refusals: No swords, tactical knives, fantasy blades, outdoor survival knives, counterfeit sourcing, grey-market sourcing, dropshipping or anonymous marketplace fulfilment.
“I close the studio from 24 December to 6 January. The knives can wait; I use the week to count stock properly, flatten my own stones, and cook for people I owe dinner to.” Theo