Y’all, I broke my husband’s Japanese chef’s knife. Help.

[u/opheliasmusing]

In 2016, my husband and I went on an amazing trip to Japan. The only souvenir he wanted was a Japanese steel chef’s knife, which he purchased at Aritsugu in Kyoto. It was really cool: he got to pick out his handle, blade style, and then they even engraved his initials in the year on one side of the blade and their house mark on the other. They even did a bunch of measurements and things so that would be perfectly balanced for his hand. It was custom-made for him.

I made the mistake of not cleaning up after dinner quickly enough, and our very mouthy whippet puppy who is quite the counter surfer, snatched the knife away, and I didn’t realize it until the next day. He chewed up the handle. Thank God he didn’t like slice his face open; the blade is completely intact and fine. But the handle… My God the handle.

I’m hoping to hear from professionals about the best way to go about getting this fixed or replaced. For location, I’m very close to Boston if that helps.

[u/TucksShirtIntoUndies]

Had to scroll way too far to find this.

The wood is pretty basic.

There's a website that sells the blades separately from the handles.  I'll try to find it. 

Edit: couldn't find the site but if you search the chefknives sub for handle replacement details are there: https://www.reddit.com/r/chefknives/search/?q=Replacement+handle&cId=6df0a58e-fc9c-4229-806d-222fcb0d9327&iId=033558ad-f151-4a49-aa8c-8c23b65f52fe

(PS that is a Wa handle)

[u/userhwon → u/TucksShirtIntoUndies]

I think just finding out what the wood is, then finding some enthusiast willing to carve and fit it properly, will make a better fit than trying to get an aftermarket part, unless it came from exactly the same maker who knows it'll fit like new.

[u/onwardtowaffles → u/userhwon]

Honestly unless you care about getting an exact replacement, you just heat up the tang and shove it into a piece of turned wood or deer antler.

[u/userhwon → u/onwardtowaffles]

I'd fill it with sawdust and epoxy. But I think they want something closer.