Takeshi Saji is a renowned knife maker in Japan. He is living in Takefu, Province Fukui. The knives he makes are in the very best of materials and the echo of the past they bring delights all connoisseurs. For the innermost layer which provides the cutting edge, the maker mostly uses white steel (a pure carbon steel with a Rockwell hardness figure way above 60). The two surrounding layers are in a softer steel.

In the case of one or two of the knives, the Japanese equivalent of Damascene steel, Suminagashi, is used. Unlike the way it is used in other countries, the damascene-type SUMINAGASHI, many times folded and refolded, is not used for the cutting layer itself but for the outer layers only, where it tends to be simply a form of decoration for the actual blade.

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UGUI KOGATANA
Knife with 90 mm blade, white steel
The blade comes with a wrapping of bamboo - a version that makes a very agreeable flat knife. With signature of Takeshi Saji.
Order nr. 309102
Price € 189.00

KARYUDO MUTSUGORO
Knife with 110 mm blade, laminated (Suminagashi) and white steel
The handle is bound with hemp string and japanned in red. With signature of Takeshi Saji.
Order nr. 309109
Price € 319.00