Description
“San mai” round knife handmade by our friend and knife craftsman Borja Canedo in Spain. Two outer layers of stainless steel (AISI 420) and a central layer in Damascus steel (84 layers combined carbon steel 1095 and 15N20) hand forged.
“San mai” roughly translates as three flat things, in Japanese (San=three Mai=unit counter for flat objects). The term, and its root honsanmai, has been used to describe that construction method for many hundreds of years, from around 1300 A.D. It refers to when three layers of steel are used. The center is hard, and the side is typically softer. As san mai is a generic term for a technique, the term can’t be trademarked. Outside the specific context of blade construction technique, the term, in general use in Japan, refers to three flat thing
Three handle options:
- Stabilized Pau Ferro.
- Stabilized Maple Burl.
- Stabilized Amboyna Burl.
The wood it is treated with “Cactus Juice” that stabilize, hardens and protects the wood from water and inclement weather conditions, thus preventing breakage or cracking due to humidity, cold, heat…
Solid brass dividers, ferrule and pin.
Blade dimension:
120 mm wide x 70 mm long and 2,5mm thick.
In case of out of stock please contact us and we will make it to your liking.
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