Takeshi Saji

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 VG-10 Custom Black Nickel Damascus TSBO-11 Nakiri 165mm (6.4 Inch)

“Wild” and “dynamic” are the words that best describe this Saji VG-10 custom Damascus kitchen knife.

The blade is made with a VG-10 core forged Nickel Damascus Stainless steel (HRc. 62) and features a traditional Japanese Hamaguri-Ba (Convex) blade grind that provides remarkable cutting performance.

The layers of white-colored Nickel steel in this Damascus blade contrast strongly with the layers of stainless steel, producing a powerful wavy Damascus pattern that truly sparkles.

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 Nakiri is a double bevel edged knife that is rectangular in profile and has a tall, thin blade. It is popular throughout Japan and is often used by home cooks for quickly and efficiently chopping, slicing or mincing vegetables and fruit. It is becoming increasingly popular with vegetarians.

Handle Choice:

1. Blade Only (without a Wa Handle) $210
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.