Takeshi Saji R2 Damascus knives with its attractive red turquoise custom handle have been back in stock after a few months, and NOW is the time to get the special one for you.

This series feature beautiful black damascus blades with a core of SG2 (Super Gold 2 or R2) Micro Carbide Powder stainless steel for professional, which provides excellent rust resistance and a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness and unique design with custom-made feeling.



The stylish handle on the knife is hand crafted out of long-lasting desert ironwood (the densest wood on earth) with stainless bolster, which is water resistant and beautifully buffed. It is so easy to grip and it’s weight is very well balanced.



Saji’s 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.

[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”.



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All the Hocho-Knife staff
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