Description

The famous Echizen Forge Smith Takeshi Saji is one of the most experienced and famous forge smiths in Takefu (Now Echizen City), Fukui Prefecture. During his long career, he has made a great and lasting impact upon the next generation of young Echizen forge smiths and craftsmen.

In recent years, numbers of young forge smiths and craftsmen have decided to work as knife makers in Echizen City (Takefu City), Fukui Prefecture. Many of them were attracted to Echizen because of the "Takefu Knife Village" cooperative, which was founded by Master Saji and several other veteran knife makers to train and support the next generation of forge smiths and craftsmen. We believe the soul, spirit and skills of these experienced forge smiths and craftsmen will continue to be handed down to these future generations of craftspeople over the coming decades, so a wide selection of unique and attractive traditional Echizen forged knives should be available for many years to come.

Recently, at the Seki Outdoor Knife Show, we met a passionate young forge smith called Mr. Ooba, who is one of Master Takeshi Saji’s apprentices.

His Custom Knives have an aggressive, tactical style of design. It was obvious to me that Mr. Ooba has been building his skill and experience over the past few years. His precise and detailed work, especially his handmade custom handles, clearly reflect his passion for knife making.

It is great to see a young forge smith who challenges themselves to make an innovative collection of Japanese Traditional Forged Knives that have their own unique sense of style and personality.

 OO-1 White Shark | White Steel No.2 Damascus

Mr. Ooba has been building his forging and handcrafting skill and experience. For every knife craftsman, it is also very important to create and brush up own sense.

We felt the positive passion from Mr. Ooba's unique custom knife. 6.4" White Steel No.2 Damascus Carbon Steel, Spear Point Aggressive Blade. For matching with the unique Damascus blade design and making the fine grip and weight balance, Mr. Ooba carefully created and hand-contoured the Black Linen Micarta Handle. Comes with Black Leather Sheath. 

White Steel No.2 Damascus, 165mm long, 5.0mm thick blade; 140mm handle; 295 mm overall length; Weight 304g

Specification
Knife Model: Yuma Ooba OO-1 White Shark | White Steel No.2 Damascus
Blade Material: White Steel No.2 Damascus
Rockwell Hardness (HRc): 60 to 62
Handle Material: Black Linen Micarta Handle
Black Leather Sheath: Included.
Overall Length: 295mm
Blade Length: 165mm
Blade Thickness: 5mm
Weight: 304g