Build Your Dream Knife

For over a decade, we have been working with a small selection of top-ranked Japanese forge smiths to make Traditional Forged Knives for our knife collections at JCK.

Due to the forge smith’s extensive experience in hammer forging and traditional handcrafting processes, their special efforts, continuous research, and the craftsmen’s hard work and dedication, we can now offer high-end traditional forged knives and knives made with premium Japanese Steels.

For a while, we have dreamt of offering you a wide variety of traditional Japanese Wa handles, so you can choose your favorite and build your own “dream knife”. This will make the knife and blade feel even more special, original and personalized.

Build Your Dream Knife now, right here.

 

Takeshi Saji “Ocean Sunshine” VG-10 Custom Hammered Damascus TSBO-2 Wa Gyuto 210mm

Takeshi Saji has become one of the most well-known and experienced forge smiths in Japan. Just as the sun is vital for life on earth, Takeshi Saji’s existence is very important to many young forge smiths and customers. 

Takeshi Saji’s new “Ocean Sunshine” series of knives once again reminded me of his importance as a craftsman and his powerful, beautiful, wild spirit. 

Beautifully mirror polished, these shinning VG-10 blades have an attractive Wavy Damascus pattern and a unique Tsuchime Hammered Texture. Heat treated to HRc. 62, these hammer-forged blades feature a stainless VG-10 core, outer layers of custom forged Nickel Stainless Damascus steel and a traditional Japanese Hamaguri-Ba (Convex) blade grind that provides a remarkable combination of cutting performance and edge retention.

You can truly sense that Master Saji’s vitality and powerful spirit are present in these blades. 

Nowadays, VG-10 steel blades have become popular and very commonplace in the market. However, many users of VG-10 kitchen knives have still not noticed that VG-10 steel blades have the potential to offer great cutting ability, edge retention and strength, provided that the blades have been properly hammer forged, heat-treated, ground and sharpened.

The Gyuto is the Japanese version of the classic Western Chef’s knife. It can be used with a variety of different cutting techniques to achieve a wide range of kitchen tasks and is suitable for cutting the vast majority of meats, fish, vegetables and fruits. The Gyuto is a true multi-purpose knife.

 

Handle Choice:

1. Blade Only (without a Wa Handle) $230
2. Octagonal Desert Ironwood Handle with Marble Color Water Buffalo Horn Ferrule +$120
3. Octagonal Camphor Burl Wood Handle with Marble Color Water Buffalo Horn Ferrule +$120
4. Octagonal Ebonywood Handle with Nickel Silver Spacers and  a Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt +$130
5. Octagonal Ebonywood Handle with Nickel Silver Spacers and Black-Golden-Color Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt +$130
6. Octagonal Olivewood Handle with a Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt Ferrule & Butt with White-Acrylic Spacers +$130
7. Octagonal White Ivory Micarta handle with a Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt with Nickel Silver Spacers +$130
8. Octagonal Desert Ironwood Handle with Nickel Silver Spacers and a Turquoise Gem Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt +$140
9. Octagonal Desert Ironwood Handle with Nickel Silver Spacers and a Black-Golden-Color Turquoise Gem Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt +$140

Notice: We often receive requests from customers who would like to purchase a blade without a Wa Handle, as they want to fit the blade with their own favorite handle (Supplied by themselves). For those customers, we also provide a “Blade Only” option.

Please allow us 5 to 10 days to install the blade in to your selected Wa handle and ship “Your Dream Knife” order.

 

Specification

Knife Model: “Build Your Dream Knife” “Ocean Sunshine”: Takeshi Saji VG-10 Hammered Damascus Series TSBO-2 Wa Gyuto 210mm

Blade Material: VG-10 with Nickel Damascus

Rockwell Hardness (HRc): 62

Blade Grind and Edge Shape: Double Bevel Edge 50/50

Handle Material: "Blade Only !", or Your Choice from the following Handles

1. Blade Only (without a Wa Handle) $290
2. Octagonal Desert Ironwood Handle with Marble Color Water Buffalo Horn Ferrule +$120
3. Octagonal Camphor Burl Wood Handle with Marble Color Water Buffalo Horn Ferrule +$120
4. Octagonal Ebonywood Handle with Nickel Silver Spacers and  a Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt +$130
5. Octagonal Ebonywood Handle with Nickel Silver Spacers and Black-Golden-Color Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt +$130
6. Octagonal Olivewood Handle with a Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt Ferrule & Butt with White-Acrylic Spacers +$130
7. Octagonal White Ivory Micarta handle with a Turquoise Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt with Nickel Silver Spacers +$130
8. Octagonal Desert Ironwood Handle with Nickel Silver Spacers and a Turquoise Gem Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt +$140
9. Octagonal Desert Ironwood Handle with Nickel Silver Spacers and a Black-Golden-Color Turquoise Gem Composite Stone Ferrule & Butt +$140
   

Saya Included: No.

“Blade Only !” Wa Gyuto 210mm (8.2") Cutting edge length: 220mm Blade Thickness: 2.4mm Blade Width: 51mm Total Weight: 135g