Saji Knives

Takeshi Saji is a third-generation blacksmith in Takefu City, Echizen, and a certified Traditional Masters Craftsman - one of Japan highest honors for a working craftsman. He built his reputation producing precision outdoor knives before turning his craft to kitchen cutlery, and the discipline from that work shows in every blade he makes. The Rainbow Damascus line is his most distinctive: a Blue #2 carbon steel core hammer-forged with alternating layers of stainless steel, brass, and copper, producing a shifting multi-colored pattern across the blade road that no production process can replicate. Gyutos, santokus, nakiris, bunkas, and petties - all with the same serious construction underneath the striking surface.