kyokuknives.com · Home & Kitchen · Shopify · catalog read 2026-09-15
Kyoku is a home & kitchen store with 77 products — mostly kitchen knives, utility knife and other kitchen tools, averaging $52. Per its own published policies, returns run 30 days and delivery is stated at up to 7 business days. The domain has been registered since 2018. 99% of the products we sampled are marked down, typically by 33%.
#297 of 523 in Home & Kitchen · higher than 41%
Score breakdown and niche spread
Ceiling today: 85 until the owner verifies the domain
Is Kyoku legit?
Is Kyoku legit? On record — independent trust score 58/100, computed from public data, not paid reviews. Strongest signal: established catalog of 77 distinct products. Main caveat: 76 of 76 marked-down items quote a "was" price they did not sell at on any of the 30+ days we recorded their price. The catalog carries 77 products, and of the 77 we sampled 99% carry an image and 99% a real description. Its own policy page states a 30-day return window. The domain has been registered since 2018 (7 years), not a freshly-made lookalike. Recomputed 2026-09-15 from kyokuknives.com's own public feed and policy pages.
+ Strengths
- Established catalog of 77 distinct productsSource: product feed ↗
- Accessible entry price: from $11.59 (average $51.54)Source: product feed ↗
- Publishes refund + shipping policiesSource: store policies page ↗
- Active on 5 social platformsSource: store homepage ↗
- Runs an affiliate program (via GoAffPro)Source: store homepage ↗
− Weaknesses
- 76 of 76 marked-down items quote a "was" price they did not sell at on any of the 30+ days we recorded their priceSource: price history (daily snapshots)
Its $51.54 average price is 38% below the $82.95 median for Home & Kitchen stores in the registry. Its entry price of $20.49 sits against a $9.45–$1499.99 spread between the 10th and 90th percentile of the niche. Recomputed nightly across every scored store in Home & Kitchen.
What does Kyoku sell, and what does it cost?
5" Japanese Utility Knife VG10 Damascus Steel with Silver Ion Blade | Gin Series$24.99$59.99−58%
8.5" Kiritsuke Knife For Gift | KOI Series$39.99$105.99−62%
7" Nakiri Knife For Gift | KOI Series$36.99$98.99−63%
7" Cleaver Knife For Gift| KOI Series$44.99$109.99−59%
8" Chef Knife For Gift | KOI Series$49.99$118.00−58%
3.5" Paring Knife VG10 Steel For Gift | KOI Series$30.59$69.99−56%
8.5" Kiritsuke Knife VG10 Damascus Steel | Shogun Series$57.99$79.99−28%
8" Gyuto Chef Knife VG10 Damascus Steel | Shogun Series$39.99$99.99−60%
10" Honing Steel Knife Sharpener | Shogun Series$28.99$49.99−42%
8" Carving Knife & Fork Set | Samurai Series$31.99$39.99−20%
Boning + Slicing + Butcher Knife Set | Samurai Series$62.39$77.99−20%
Boning + Slicing Knife Set | Samurai Series$39.99$49.99−20%
Boning + Slicing + Scimitar Knife Set | Gin Series$141.99$179.99−21%
Boning + Slicing Knife Set | Gin Series$68.99$114.99−40%
Chef + Boning Knife Set | Gin Series$68.99$124.99−45%
Chef + Boning Knife Set | Shogun Series$56.99$104.99−46%
Chef + Paring Knife Set | Shogun Series$71.99$89.99−20%Price Difference$1.00
4-Piece Must-have Knife Set | Kage Series$83.99$104.99−20%
Bundle For Asian Cuisine, Kiritsuke Knife+ Yanagiba Knife| Shogun Samurai Series$91.98$109.98−16%
Bundle For Morning Prep, Bread Knife + Utility Knife| Samurai Series$49.98$54.78−9%
Bundle For Healthy Living, Nakiri Knife + Paring Knife| Daimyo Series$45.98$53.28−14%
Bundle For Fruit Lovers, Nakiri Knife + Paring Knife| Samurai Series$44.98$52.98−15%
Bundle For Fresh Eaters, Nakiri Knife+ Paring Knife| Shogun Series$87.98$103.98−15%Top-scored in Home & Kitchen
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No program is open through StoreProfiles yet. The queue is shown to the owner if they claim this profile.
Kyoku’s site links an affiliate program run on GoAffPro.
What the store hasn't confirmed yet
4 of 4 · never counted against the score · how an owner closes these
- Domain ownership — not verified by the store
- Response to the audit — no response from the store
- Affiliate terms — not published
- Public contact details — not confirmed on the storefront
What would raise this score
- +15Verify domain ownership (one meta tag, DNS record or file)profile unclaimed
- +8Show a product rating of 4.3+ across 50 or more public reviewsno rating found on the sampled product page
Own this store?
Claim the profile: update the record, answer the audit, set commission. Verifying domain control adds 15 points to this public score (58 → 73). It never changes the audit or lets anyone edit the findings.
Common questions about Kyoku
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- What is Kyoku's return policy?
- Kyoku accepts returns within 30 days, delivery is stated at up to 7 business days. Read from the store's own policy pages, re-read nightly. Its wording: “within 30 days”
- What is Kyoku's trust score, and how does it compare?
- 58/100, computed from kyokuknives.com's own public data — not paid or user-submitted reviews. That is higher than 41% of the 523 Home & Kitchen stores we have scored. The profile is unclaimed, so 15 claim points cannot be earned and the ceiling today is 85.
- How much does Kyoku cost?
- Across the 77 products we sampled, Kyoku averages $51.54, and its entry price (10th percentile) is $20.49. That is 38% below the $82.95 median for Home & Kitchen stores in the registry. 99% of that sample is marked down, median 33% off, deepest 80%.
- When was Kyoku last checked?
- catalog: 2026-09-15; domain registration: 2026-09-03. Daily snapshots on file since 2026-07-19 — 59 of the last 90 days.
What changed at Kyoku
3 products dropped in price in the last 7 days, each tracked daily from the store's own feed.
8" Bread Knife VG10 Damascus Steel Silver-ion Coating | Gin Series$49.99 $19.99−60%
12" Slicing Knife | Samurai Series$19.59 $11.59−41%
8" Chef Knife VG10 Damascus Blade Steel | Shogun Series$99.79 $69.79−30%Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 — credit with a link.
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