Description
[General Features]
Takeshi Saji SRS13 Mirror Hammered Damascus series feature Square-Hammer patterned blades with a core of SRS13 Micro Carbide Powder Stainless Steel for professional with a hardness of approx. 63 HRC, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness and unique design.
The surface of the blade is Mirror-finished to highlight the hammered damascus texture for more elegance.
The stylish handle of the knife is hand crafted out of beautiful color stabilized hybrid wood with polished stainless bolster. It is much durable, easy to grip and well blade balanced.
(Please be noted that the handle is an unique product and may possibly be different from the image in color and in pattern.)
[Product details]
– Blade Steel Type : Mirror Finished SRS13 Micro Carbide Powder Stainless Steel Core with Damascus Texture
– Blade Edge : Double-Edged (available for left-handed-right-handed)
– Hardness Rockwell C scale (HRC) : approx. 63
– Handle Material : Stabilized Hybrid Wood with Stainless Bolster
(instead of “STW24” whose handle material is Stabilized Hybrid Resin with Stainless Bolster)
– Brand NEW
– Made in JAPAN
– Knife Type: Petty Knife(Utility)
– Blade Length: 150mm (5.9in.)
– Total Length: 270mm (10.6in.)
– Weight: 130g
*** The images in this page are of the sample products. Color, weight, pattern and size may differ because each product is handmade.
*** Please be noted that it may take a few months to restock if the item should not be available, because this series is made-to-order by skilled blacksmiths.
[about Takeshi Saji]
Takeshi Saji is the leading blacksmith in Echizen. Saji was born in Takefu in 1948 in a family of second-generation smith. In 1992, he was officially certified as a “Traditional Master Craftsman” by the Japanese “Ministry of International Trade & Industry”.
His knife blades are shaped by traditional hammer-forging technique with his unique ideas and designs, to achieve a beautiful, powerful appearance and a quite sharp cutting edge with better hardness.
“Echizen” is the historical area in Fukui prefecture, including Takefu city, as one of Japanese important knife capitals.
The kitchen knives made in the Echizen is called Echizen Uchi Hamono. The art of making Japanese kitchen knives has a history of about 700 years.
Echizen Uchi Hamono is designated as “Traditional Crafts” by the Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry.
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