Korin has supplied Japanese restaurants from 57 Warren Street in Manhattan for around four decades, and its knife wall is one of the few places in the country where left-handed single bevel blades are a normal stock item, including Masamoto white steel kasumi yanagi in left-hand grind. For western style knives the shop runs a paid left-hand conversion: it regrinds the asymmetric bevel to the other side on any blade, whether or not it was bought there.
That makes Korin the practical answer for a professional lefty who needs a deba or yanagi rather than a home peeler. Note the fine print: left-handed boning knives are special order with waits reaching two months and a surcharge, converted or sharpened knives cannot be returned, and the sharpening shop does not take left-handed traditional blades. Staff answer the phone and talk through the choice, which helps at these price levels.
Address: New York, NY 10007, 57 Warren Street
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