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
Two handle options:
- Stabilized Ebony, Red Wood and Pau Ferro.
- Stabilized Ebony,Turkish Oak and Maple Burl.
The wood it is treated with “Cactus Juice” that 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.
Dimension of the leaf:
120 mm wide x 70 mm long and 2,5mm thick.
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