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Katana
The eighth and final blade. Nothing unlocks above it.
"Not a kitchen knife. Kept behind the counter, and drawn only when the room deserves it."
Every other knife in Shokunin is a working blade — something an itamae actually reaches for behind the counter. The Katana isn't. It's the one blade in the game that exists for the moment it's drawn, not the cutting board.
Forgiveness
How much variation in a stroke still counts as a good cut — the highest of all eight knives.
0.92
How to get it
Earned free at Rank 6 — Living Treasure (人間国宝, Ningen Kokuho), 60,000 career XP. Reach it the way you reach every other rank: by running a good counter.
Or skip ahead for $12.99. A blade no counter should have — the most forgiving edge in the game, sooner. Paying only moves the day it arrives; nothing in Shokunin is locked behind a purchase, and the Katana is no exception.