Description

The famous Echizen Forge Smith Takeshi Saji is now 74 years old. 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, a large number 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. Asanuma, who is one of Master Takeshi Saji’s apprentices.

TA-3 Damascus Bowie Knife "JUMA-TWO-TONE Custom Handle"

Beautfiully polished 6.6' VG-10 Custom Damascus Bowie Style Blade comes with the vivid accent and nicely hand contoured, seamless Two-Tone "JUMA Light Green Color and Purple Blue" Custom Combination Handle. JUMA is a high grade, modern raw material for handcrafted works of art. JUMA is a resin based material has great durability and makes very beautiful & attractive appearance (like the Dragon's Scale)

 A handcrafted brown leather sheath, which has a belt loop is also included with the knife. 

VG-10 Custom Damascus  in 3.5mm thick, 170mm blade, 305mm overall, Weight 274g

Specification

Knife Model: Asanuma TA-3 Damascus Bowie Knife "JUMA-TWO-TONE Custom Handle"
Blade Material: VG-10 Damascus
Rockwell Hardness (HRc.): 61 to 62
Handle Material: Two-Tone "JUMA Light Green Color and Purple Blue" Custom Combination Handle

Leather Sheath: Brown Leather Sheath with Belt Loop 
Overall Length:305mm
Blade Length: 170mm
Blade Thickness: 3.5mm
Weight: 274g