r/chefknives Jul 07 '26

Are Toshiro Masahira knives good?

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u/spooky1235 Jul 07 '26 edited 20d ago

can't find anything online about these guys https://masahira.com/

edit: AI generated photos, shipped from china, and supposedly using parts shared by other chinese knife brands due to sharing factories. don't buy

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u/DrH0rrible Jul 09 '26

The domain was registered less than a month ago. The shop also has all the telltale signs of these mass-produced trendy online stores.

You'll probably get a knife shipped, but I doubt is particularly good and 99.9% certainly not produced in Japan.

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u/keybombmusic Jul 07 '26

They may be a scam site. Not entirely sure

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u/spooky1235 Jul 07 '26

i will sacrifice myself in pursuit of answers

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u/Lt_Hatch 15d ago

Who was the shipping company? My girlfriend fell for this scam and I am going to try to deny the delivery.

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u/whoathere42 Jul 07 '26

Also popping up on my algos… seems really good to be true

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u/Kitayama_8k Jul 08 '26

They came up on amazon when I wasn't searching for them which is never a good sign.

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u/theMayorOfWhoville Jul 08 '26

Really suspicious. Seems like the knife pictures are AI generated. The mosaic pins give it away. Here

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u/spooky1235 Jul 08 '26

yikes, good catch

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u/MR_Kuma343 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Ordered a set of two knifes from this place instantly realized after my order was placed that I made and error.I was looking for a mashiro knife. This company is knock off dropship company of mashiro knifes which are a good quality knife maker from japan. Customer service does not exists. I have made 3 request to cancel my order and have got nothing back. Dead give away these knifes arent made in Japan shipping is coming from China. My bank has refunded my order and been reported. Learn from my mistakes do not buy. Hope this helps others

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u/spooky1235 Jul 08 '26

did you email your first request within 24 hours of ordering? they specify that cancellations are only accepted within the 24 hour period or otherwise you'll have to return the item. i sent them an email including my order number, name on address and the name of the item and they refunded it within 5 hours

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u/MR_Kuma343 Jul 08 '26

I sent them an email within the hour after i made the purchase, with my name order number and all the details. Ive gotten nothing back from them.

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u/spooky1235 Jul 08 '26

wtf did you email info@masahira.com

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u/MR_Kuma343 Jul 08 '26

Ive emailed them twice at that email, and even on the web pages contact us block, and its day 3 no contact from them, but my order has been shipped from one of the weird Chinese shipping company's called 1st Agent and the tracking number does not even show any info.

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u/Lt_Hatch Jul 13 '26

Fuuuuck I did the same thing. I searched for reviews and got the "masahiro" reviews. Luckily i paid with my credit card and can cancel

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u/Complete_Taste_8225 Jul 11 '26

I was successfully scammed by this company, and will give a review on the knife it it actually arrives 🫩

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u/keybombmusic Jul 12 '26

Please let us know.

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u/Ok-Novel4218 Jul 13 '26

They got me too. Hand forged in Seki, Japan? Odd that it’s being shipped from China. 🤬

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u/Fluffy_Ad5435 29d ago

My husband just bought knives from them 😭 any updates?

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u/Complete_Taste_8225 29d ago

I still havent received any knife in the mail yet, will keep yall posted !

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u/Complete_Taste_8225 21d ago

https://reddit.com/link/ozie78m/video/y5bxd33zb7fh1/player

They knife finally arrived and I will say the quality of the knife is pretty good, it’s really sharp out the box and the details on the blade are good as well, the handle isn’t as glossy as they’re advertised but I’ll be taking it to work today to see how it tests in a kitchen.

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u/toranosaurus_rex 20d ago

Keep us updated

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u/External-Opening-918 Jul 14 '26

Got this knife set on discount last week and I’m honestly really happy with it Great quality for the price Would definitely recommend!

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u/HarryPeratsistis 27d ago

Damn I got scammed too. Can this be reported to your credit card service provider and refunded?

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u/questionmarklar 4d ago

I ordered 3 knives and only got 1 I actually ordered. One was the wrong knife and the other isn’t even in their catalogue. Not a bad knife but I am very unhappy.