UP!!  July 1st             Mr. Saji   Japanese Traditional Style Knives                                                The Traditional crafsman, Mr. Takeshi Saji is famous for hammer forged blades (Uchi-Hamono). He is mainly producing traditional Outdoor use knives for hunters, Campers and Fishermans. This is the first time for him to produce Japanese Traditional style kitchen knives, but he did not forget to add his outdoor mind and put a Stag Horn for the handle. This is from Japanese Deers called "Ezo-Jika" living in northan Hokkaido.  Single bevel edge, solid Gingami No.3 blades. Hitachi Gingami No.3 is one of reliable stainless steel material for Sharpness, edge retention.  (Easy maintenance and rust resistance)   Master Saji's unique Japanese traditional style knives are available with 8 different blade styles for every cutting chore.  NEW!!  July 1st  Custom Bamboo Crafts Handle Version    In addition to the unique Stag handled Japanese Traditional style kitchen knives, Master Saji has worked with a Bamboo craftsman, Mr. Masatake in Kyushu district of Japan for the something different handles. The result was a very unqiue and real Japanese touch "Bamboo Handle Wa-Bocho". It is a carefully selected Bamboo roots, that are handle polished and lacquered with wooden bolsters on both ends and Nickel silver pin. Each handle is proudly signed by Mr. Masatake.   Kai Saki 120mm  Kai Saki blade is similar shape to the shorter length of Yanagiba blade. Designed for small food preparation, decorative cutting and can be used as Single bevel edge Petty knife.  STJB-1 Kai Saki 120mm  Total Length 245mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 92g  $129.00 Available in Stock       Small Deba 105mm   Compact size Deba blade is designed for cutting a small size fishes.  STJB-2 Small Deba 105mm  Total Length 230mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 109g  $129.00 Available in Stock       Deba 150mm      Thick and heavy weight Deba blade has durable edge. Designed for cutting a fish, chicken, meats.   STJB-3  Deba 150mm Total Length 275mm              Blade Thickness 5mm            Total Weight 237g   $171.00   Available in Stock       STJB-4  Deba 165mm  Total Length 395mm              Blade Thickness 5mm            Total Weight 273g   $184.00   Available in Stock      STJB-5 Deba 180mm  Total Length 310mm              Blade Thickness 6mm            Total Weight 327g  $198.00 Available in Stock       Yanagiba 210mm       Yanagiba blade is desgined for slicing fishes, meats. Sushi chef's necessary tool for preparing row fishes (SASHIMI)  STJB-6  Yanagiba 180mm Total Length 300mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 104g  $138.00  Available in Stock       STJB-7  Yanagiba 210mm  Total Length 340mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 137g             $143.00   Available in Stock      STJB-8 Yanagiba 240mm  Total Length 375mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 166g  $148.00 Sold Out    Stag Handle Version Kai Saki 120mm  Kai Saki blade is similar shape to the shorter length of Yanagiba blade. Designed for small food preparation, decorative cutting and can be used as Single bevel edge Petty knife.  STJ-1 Kai Saki 120mm  Total Length 240mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 90g  $72.00 Available in Stock    Small Deba 105mm   Compact size Deba blade is designed for cutting a small size fishes.  STJ-2 Small Deba 105mm  Total Length 230mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 115g  $72.00 Available in Stock    Deba 150mm      Thick and heavy weight Deba blade has durable edge. Designed for cutting a fish, chicken, meats.   STJ-3  Deba 150mm Total Length 285mm              Blade Thickness 5mm            Total Weight 280g   $120.00   Available in Stock    STJ-4  Deba 165mm  Total Length 300mm              Blade Thickness 5mm            Total Weight 312g   $135.00   Available in Stock   STJ-5 Deba 180mm  Total Length 330mm              Blade Thickness 6mm            Total Weight 382g  $150.00 Available in Stock    Yanagiba 210mm     Yanagiba blade is desgined for slicing fishes, meats. Sushi chef's necessary tool for preparing row fishes (SASHIMI)  STJ-6  Yanagiba 180mm Total Length 300mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 111g  $82.50  Available in Stock    STJ-7  Yanagiba 210mm  Total Length 335mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 136g             $87.50   Available in Stock   STJ-8 Yanagiba 240mm  Total Length 370mm              Blade Thickness 3mm            Total Weight 155g  $92.50 Sold Out

UP!!               Custom Kitchen Knives from Traditional Craftsman Mr. Saji    Master Craftsman, Takeshi Saji has been making traditional Japanese style Hunting knives with the traditional hammer forging process for over 40 years at Takefu-City, Echizen district. You can see his forged knives at our JKD website at JKD SAJI.      At our request, he has just produced three different sized Gyuto knives for JCK customers, using VG-10 core forged with layered Nickel Stainless Damascus steel blade and Stag Bone handle with solid Brass Bolster. You will enjoy these traditional craftsmanship and cutting performance with the forged Hamaguri-ba edge.

ST-1 Gyuto 135mm     ST-1 Gyuto 135mm  Total Length 245mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 172g  $200.00 Available in Stock     ST-2 Santoku 180mm   ST-2 Santoku 180mm Total Length 305mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 266g   $250.00  Available in Stock     ST-3 Gyuto 210mm  ST-3 Gyuto 210mm  Total Length 340mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 267g   $260.00  Available in Stock    NEW !!  ST-4 Gyuto 240mm    ST-4 Gyuto 240mm  Total Length 375mm              Blade Thickness 2.5mm            Total Weight 310g           $320.00  Available in Stock      ST-5 Gyuto 270mm  Total Length 405mm              Blade Thickness 2.5mm            Total Weight 370g   $350.00  Available in Stock

UP!!   July 1st      Mr. Tanaka R-2 Custom Damascus Kitchen Knives Mr. Tanaka R2 Damascus kitchen knives are back with improved handle finish!     JCK has offered his line of R2 Damascus knives before, but we had to reject many knives which did not meet with JCK quality standard. (of course, we sold the selected good ones before)　The blade itself was okay, but the problem was a handle finish with some gaps and unbalanced. After months of study, he came up with a perfect handle finish, nicely hand contoured grip with no gaps. JCK is pleased to re-intoruduce these improved knives.

Nakiri 165mm Ironwood Handle  Mr. Tanaka Nakiri 165mm  Total Length 300mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 216g  $380.00  Available in Stock       Nakiri 165mm Linen Micarta Handle (Green Color)  Mr. Tanaka Nakiri 165mm  Total Length 300mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 216g  $380.00  Available in Stock         Santoku 170mm Ironwood Handle  Mr. Tanaka Santoku 170mm  Total Length 300mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 188g  $380.00  Available in Stock        Gyuto 195mm Ironwood Handle   Mr. Tanaka Gyuto 195mm  Total Length 330mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 185g  $400.00  Available in Stock      Gyuto 210mm Linen Micarta Handle (Green Color)   Mr. Tanaka Gyuto 210mm Total Length 340mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 201g  $420.00  Available in Stock         Slicer 210mm (Ironwood Handle)  Mr. Tanaka Slicer 210mm  Total Length 335mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 180g  $400.00  Sold Out

UP!!   May 28th    JCK Exclusive !!    ZDP-189 Damascus Custom Line    After years of researches for the high-end Chef knives, JCK has teamed up with Sanetsu to introduce modern design ZDP-189 Damascus series. An another JCK Exclusive!        ZDP-189 is known as the toughest cutting tool steel developed by Hitachi's state of the art equipment and technology at their Yasugi works located in San-In district famous for the"Tatara", high purity iron sand production for the legendary Japanese swords. ZDP-189 is a powdered metal aloy steel with higher Carbon (3.00) and Chromium (20.00) to out-perform ATS-34 in durability and hardness.            Mr. Tsukahara of Sanetsu says the ZDP-189 powdered steel is too hard to grind and polish. It can be hardened to over HRc.67, but he has tried to maintain the hardness to HRc.63, which he thinks is the right hardness for ease of re-sharpening and prevent chipping and breaking for these Japanese thin kitchen knife blades. Using this ZDP-189 in core cutting steel, clad with layered nickel and stainless Damascus steel finished in beautiful mirror polish and wavy designs. You will also see the matching Damascus marking of "ZDP-189" on front of the blade and his logo "Kajin Saku" on the back.            He thought about the matching handle with this outstanding blade, and has used stainless Damascus steel bolsters for both ends and an elegant mosaic rivet in the center with five nickel silver pins with three different exotic handle materials for your choice of Cocobolo wood, Maple Burl wood (stablized with purple resin) and Dupont Ivory Corian .  It is ergonomic designed to fit comfortably with your hand, even for a large hand (most of the Japanese kitchen knives have small handles designed for Japanese use), hand contoured and tapered end with bolsters.        This high-end Custom line comes with three essential blade styles of Petty, Santoku and Gyuto, and is now available for only 3 pcs. of each model and handle variation. The production is very limited for this lots of hand working custom line, so it will take at least 45 days for the next small batch.     This is a piece of art of the master craftsmanship, and will be a great addition to your collection.

Utility&Parer 95mm (Cocobolo Wood Handle)  ZDPC-1 Utility&Parer 95mm  Total Length 220mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 75g  $342.00  Available in Stock      Utility&Parer 95mm (Dupont Ivory Corian Handle)  ZDPD-1 Utility&Parer 95mm  Total Length 220mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 90g  $342.00 Available in Stock    Utility&Parer 95mm (Maple Burl Wood Handle)   ZDPM-1 Utility&Parer 95mm  Total Length 220mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 80g  $342.00 Available in Stock      Santoku 180mm (Cocobolo Wood Handle)   ZDPC-2 Santoku 180mm  Total Length 305mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 187g  $513.00 Available in Stock     Santoku 180mm (Dupont Ivory Corian Handle)  ZDPD-2 Santoku 180mm  Total Length 305mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 206g  $513.00 Available in Stock      Santoku 180mm (Maple Burl Wood Handle)  ZDPM-2 Santoku 180mm  Total Length 305mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 187g  $513.00 Available in Stock       Gyuto 210mm (Cocobolo Wood Handle)     ZDPC-3 Gyuto 210mm Total Length 350mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 215g  $551.00 Available in Stock      Gyuto 210mm (Dupont Ivory Corian Handle)   ZDPD-3 Gyuto 210mm Total Length 350mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 237g  $551.00 Available in Stock      Gyuto 210mm (Maple Burl Wood Handle)  ZDPM-3 Gyuto 210mm Total Length 350mm              Blade Thickness 2mm            Total Weight 217g  $551.00 Sold Out