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Uptown Cutlery

Uptown Cutlery has 44 damascus kitchen knives in our survey for the United States, priced from $110 to $1,095. Its chef knives cost a median of $225. The core steel is named on 91 % of its listings and the layer count on 36 %.

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Survey of 14 November 2026
Score
59/100
Price 18/40 · Steel 22/30 · Listing 19/30
Listings
44
United States
Median · Chef
$225
all brands: $206 ▲ +9 %
Steel named
91%
of listings state the core steel
Layers stated
36%
of listings give a layer count
Shown discounted
2%
of listings displayed a crossed-out price

Prices by type

Compared with the median of all brands in the same market. Green: cheaper than the market. Red: more expensive. Grey: within 5 %.

TypenMedian Uptown CutleryAll brands, USLow – High
Damascus chef knife11$225 ▲ +9 %$206$175 – $1,095
Damascus utility knife10$158 = −2 %$160$120 – $295
Damascus santoku8$158 ▼ −21 %$200$110 – $195
Damascus nakiri5$190 = 0 %$190$170 – $375
Damascus kiritsuke4$394 ▲ +52 %$259$235 – $865
Damascus bunka3$240 = −4 %$249$205 – $825
Damascus slicing knife2$220 ▼ −26 %$299$210 – $230
Damascus boning knife1$130 ▲ +38 %$94$130 – $130

Core steels used

As stated by the seller, among listings that name a steel.

Core steeln%
VG101534 %
Swedish steel716 %
440C511 %
ZA-1849 %
SG237 %
AUS1037 %
SRS1325 %
ZDP-18912 %

All 44 Uptown Cutlery listings

KnifeBrandTypeBladeLayersCore steelPrice
Masutani VG10 Damascus 130mm Ko-Santoku - Black HandleUptown CutlerySantoku5.1"–VG10$110
Masutani Kokuryu 130mm Ko-Santoku - VG10 Damascus Tsuchime - Blue HandleUptown CutlerySantoku5.1"–VG10$115
Masutani Kokuryu 165mm Santoku - VG10 Damascus Tsuchime - Blue HandleUptown CutlerySantoku6.5"–VG10$115
Tsunehisa 440C 80mm Petty Damascus NashijiUptown CutleryUtility3.1"–440C$120
Tsunehisa 440C 135mm Petty Damascus NashijiUptown CutleryUtility5.3"–440C$125
Tsunehisa 440C 150mm Petty Damascus NashijiUptown CutleryUtility5.9"–440C$130
Tsunehisa VG10 145mm Honesuki Kaku Tsuchime DamascusUptown CutleryBoning5.7"17VG10$130
Tsunehisa VG10 Damascus 180mm Santoku TsuchimeUptown CutlerySantoku7.1"17VG10$145
Sakai Kikumori MV10 150mm Petty - Tsuchime DamascusUptown CutleryUtility5.9"17VG10$150
Touroku Sakai Kirameki 130mm Petty - 69 Layer Damascus TsuchimeUptown CutleryUtility5.1"69VG10$155
Touroku Sakai Kirameki 150mm Petty - 69 Layer Damascus TsuchimeUptown CutleryUtility5.9"69VG10$160
Tsunehisa 45 Layer Damascus 170mm SantokuUptown CutlerySantoku6.7"45AUS10$170
Tsunehisa 45 Layer Damascus 165mm NakiriUptown CutleryNakiri6.5"45AUS10$170
Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 135mm PettyUptown CutleryUtility5.3"–Swedish steel$175
Tsunehisa 440C 210mm Gyuto Damascus NashijiUptown CutleryChef8.3"–440C$175
Touroku Sakai Kirameki 160mm Nakiri - 69 Layer Damascus TsuchimeUptown CutleryNakiri6.3"69VG10$180
Touroku Sakai Kirameki 170mm Santoku - 69 Layer Damascus TsuchimeUptown CutlerySantoku6.7"69VG10$180
Tsunehisa 45 Layer Damascus 210mm GyutoUptown CutleryChef8.3"45AUS10$180
Senzo 'Twisted' Damascus 143mm PettyUptown CutleryUtility5.6"33VG10$190
Tsunehisa ZA18 165mm Nakiri DamascusUptown CutleryNakiri6.5"–ZA-18$190
Tsunehisa ZA18 165mm Santoku DamascusUptown CutlerySantoku6.5"–ZA-18$190
Tsunehisa 440C 240mm Gyuto Damascus NashijiUptown CutleryChef9.4"–440C$195
Touroku Sakai Kirameki 210mm Gyuto - 69 Layer Damascus TsuchimeUptown CutleryChef8.3"69VG10$195
Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 165mm SantokuUptown CutlerySantoku6.5"–Swedish steel$195
Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 165mm NakiriUptown CutleryNakiri6.5"–Swedish steel$195
Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 170mm BunkaUptown CutleryBunka6.7"–Swedish steel$205
Touroku Sakai Kirameki 240mm Sujihiki - 69 Layer Damascus TsuchimeUptown CutlerySlicer9.4"69VG10$210
Tsunehisa ZA18 210mm Gyuto DamascusUptown CutleryChef8.3"–ZA-18$220
Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 210mm GyutoUptown CutleryChef8.3"–Swedish steel$225
Tsunehisa ZA18 240mm Sujihiki DamascusUptown CutlerySlicer9.4"–ZA-18$230
Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 210mm Kiritsuke GyutoUptown CutleryKiritsuke8.3"–Swedish steel$235
Senzo 'Black' VG10 200mm BunkaUptown CutleryBunka7.9"33VG10$240
Tsunehisa Swedish Damascus Washiji 240mm GyutoUptown CutleryChef9.4"–Swedish steel$250
Benchmade 275GY-1 Adamas Cru-wear - Black G10Uptown CutleryUtility3.8"–not stated$325$260
Senzo 'Twisted' Damascus 200mm GyutoUptown CutleryChef7.9"33VG10$280
Boker Scout - Damast 300 Lagen Lockback - SolingenUptown CutleryUtility3"300not stated$295
Kei Kobayashi SG2 Damascus 160mm NakiriUptown CutleryNakiri6.3"–SG2$375
Tsunehisa SRS13 Damascus 210mm Kiritsuke GyutoUptown CutleryKiritsuke8.3"–SRS13$389
Tsunehisa SRS13 Damascus 240mm Kiritsuke GyutoUptown CutleryKiritsuke9.4"–SRS13$399
Suzuki Hamono STRIX Damascus 210mm GyutoUptown CutleryChef8.3"–not stated$550
Suzuki Hamono ZDP189 Damascus 200mm GyutoUptown CutleryChef7.9"–ZDP-189$750
Enkyu Homuragumo Damascus 180mm BunkaUptown CutleryBunka7.1"–SG2$825
Enkyu Homuragumo SG2 Damascus 210mm Kiritsuke GyutoUptown CutleryKiritsuke8.3"–SG2$865
Acre Forge 260mm Gyuto Damascus CruForge-V - Koa By Jamison ChoppUptown CutleryChef10.2"–not stated$1,095

The score out of 100 is the mean score of the brand's knives, with the same rules as the rankings: price against the median of the same knife type in the same market (40), stated core steel (30), layer count, blade length and handle stated (30). Sets are left out. Brands with fewer than five scored listings get no score. We have not tested these knives.