Blade blanks and knife steel
Here you can find materials and complete blank blades to build your own personalized knife!
These are unfinished blades so they need some final optimization and finishing before they can be placed on the handle. Most blades are sharp and ready to use but they are often not polished on a high grit stone >#5000. Also the edge is not always straight and might contain a slight wave. If you order our "edge refinement service" we will fully reshape and sharpen the edge and remove any warps, wobbles or waves, we will also sharpen the edge to a razor sharpness up to #12.000 polishing stones.
You could also polish the inside of the blade near the handle (more easy when the handle is not attached) and if you like you can also polish the back of the knife. This can all be done by clamping the blade in a vice and taking some waterproof (canvas or cloth backed) sanding paper and some elbow grease. start with a very course paper (#60) and work your way up to for example 1000 or higher grit for a nice shiny blade. a 400 grit will give it a soft velvet feel.
Almost all blades are a little bit warped and they need some fine tuning in that sense. You can easily fix the warp of the blades by getting a square piece of wood and adding a sawcut to one of the sides. This creates a ‘bending stick’
Using this device you can easily bent the knife into the required 'straightness'.
Here is also a link:
BEWARE: The raw individual pieces of steel are already forged and hardened and do not lend themselves to re-forging. These pieces can be used for "stock removal" using a grinding machine or sanding machine with watercooling (or regular cooling in a waterbath). You can check this process on various very interesting YouTube video's!
Reforging and hammering will lead to delamination and this cannot be fixed!
Aogami #2
Kagemitsu Totemo Usui, Nakiri, Sanmai, Aogami #2, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened.Japanese blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 2 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer.
The Kagemitsu Totemo Usui…€ 79,00 € 69,00- Kaneshige ("金重作") blade only, Nakiri (vegetable knife),160 mm, SRS13 powder steel core
Kaneshige ("金重作") Nakiri
Japanese Vegetable knife (Nakiri blade) made of very hard and rust-resistant SRS13 steel in the core. This blade is hardened and sharpened.
∙ Cutting length 160 mm
∙ Height 51 mm
∙ Steel:…€ 119,00 - Kaneshige ("金重作") blade only, Santoku (universal knife),160 mm, SRS13 powder steel core
Kaneshige ("金重作") Santoku
Japanese universal knife (Wa-santoku blade) made of very hard and rust-resistant SRS13 steel in the core. This blade is hardened and sharpened.
∙ Cutting length 160 mm
∙ Height 48 mm
∙…€ 119,00 -17%
Blank steel 9Cr18Mov "Sanmai" 3 layer, stainless steel (320*50*2,5 mm)Traditional sanmai forged knife steel, 3 layers.
Hand-forged steel with a straight pattern. Every piece is unique! The piece is made of 9Cr18Mov as core steel and a softer rust-resistant layer (430 stainless steel. (1 layer each…€ 59,00 € 49,00- Blank damascus steel with VG10 code "raindrop" pattern, stainless steel (250*35*4 mm)
Hand-forged rust-resistant damascus steel with VG-10 core.
Hand-forged damascus steel with a "raindrop" pattern. Each piece is unique! The piece is made of VG-10 as core steel and a softer rust-resistant layer on the outside…€ 59,00 -27%
Blank Damascus steel, VG10 core "ladder" pattern, non-stainless steel (200*30*3 mm)Traditional Carbon damascus steel.
Hand-forged damascus steel with a "ladder" pattern. Every piece is unique! The piece is made of VG-10 as core steel and a softer non-rust-resistant layer on the outside with a nice Damascus…€ 49,00 € 36,00-29%
Blank damascus steel with VG10 core "ladder" pattern, stainless steel (220*30*3 mm)Hand-forged rust-resistant damascus steel with VG-10 core.
Hand-forged damascus steel with a "ladder" pattern. Each piece is unique! The piece is made of VG-10 as core steel and a softer rust-resistant layer on the outside which…€ 55,00 € 39,00- Konosuke GS+ gyuto (chef's knife), 210 mm, blade only, - sharpened -
Konosuke GS gyuto blade, 210 mm, SLD steel.
Double-sided sharpened blade made of special Japanese SLD magic steel (hardened to 62 HRc). The blade is extremely thin and manually sharpened and has no thickenings, making sharpening…€ 199,00 - Konosuke GS+ gyuto (chef's knife), 240 mm, blade only, - Sharpened -
Konosuke GS+ gyuto blade, 240 mm, SLD steel.
Double-sided sharpened blade with a core of special Japanese SLD Magic steel encased in an outer layer of softer stainless steel for protection (sanmai forged). The blade is extremely…€ 219,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Petty, 110 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened.
Japanese blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer.
The Kagemitsu Amefuri…€ 59,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Petty, 150 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened.
Japanese blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer.
The Kagemitsu Amefuri…€ 69,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, santoku (universal blade), 180 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened.
Japanese blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer.
The Kagemitsu Amefuri…€ 79,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Gyuto, 210 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened-
Japanese gyuto blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer. With a Japanese…
€ 89,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Gyuto, 240 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened.
Japanese Gyuto blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer. This blade can be…
€ 99,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Nakiri, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened.
Japanese blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer.
The Kagemitsu Amefuri…€ 79,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Kiritsuke , 150 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened-
Japanese Kiritsuke blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer. With a Japanese…
€ 69,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Kiritsuke , 165 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened-
Japanese Kiritsuke blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer. With a Japanese…
€ 79,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Kiritsuke , 180 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened-
Japanese Kiritsuke blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer. With a Japanese…
€ 89,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Kiritsuke , 210 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened-
JJapanese Kiritsuke blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer. With a Japanese…
€ 109,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Kiritsuke , 240 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened-
JJapanese Kiritsuke blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer. With a Japanese…
€ 119,00 - Kagemitsu Amefuri, Kiritsuke , 270 mm, Sanmai, Aogami #1, -non-stainless cladding - sharpened-
Japanese Kiritsuke blade with a hand-forged Aogami # 1 (Blue paper) steel core with a non-rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is ground and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Kuroichi (black) protective layer. With a Japanese…
€ 139,00 -17%
Seikaku 中国語 Chūgokugo Bunka (universal knife), 210 mm, Damascus VG-10 core -sharpened-Seikaku Chūgokugo bunka blade
Blade with a core of VG-10 steel with a rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is sharpened and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Suminagashi (damascus) protective layer.
∙ Blade length about…€ 59,00 € 49,00- Seikaku 中国語 Chūgokugo gyuto (chef's knife), 210 mm, Damascus VG-10 core -sharpened-
Seikaku Chūgokugo Gyuto (chef's knife) blade
Blade with a core of VG-10 steel with a rust-resistant outer layer. This blade is sharpened and hardened. The knife has a beautiful Suminagashi (damascus) protective layer.
∙ Blade…€ 49,00 - Kagemitsu Minogawa, santoku (universal knife), Sanmai, Aogami Super core, stainless cladding - sharpened- Blade only
Japanese blade with a core of Aogami Super (Blue paper) steel with a rust-resistant outer layer with a beautiful hammered pattern. This blade is sharpened and hardened and can be used immediately after attaching the handle.
∙…€ 119,00 -10%
Kagemitsu Minogawa Petty 80mm (office knife), Sanmai, Aogami Super, stainless cladding,sharpened, - blade only -Japanese blade from Kagemitsu Minogawa with a core of Aogami Super (Blue paper) steel with a rust-resistant outer layer with a beautiful hammered pattern. This blade is sharpened and hardened and can be used immediately after…
€ 99,00 € 89,00-10%
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Kagemitsu Minogawa Petty 135mm (office knife), Sanmai, Aogami Super, stainless cladding - blade only-Japanese blade from Kagemitsu Minogawa with a core of Aogami Super (Blue paper) steel with a rust-resistant outer layer with a beautiful hammered pattern. This blade is sharpened and hardened and can be used immediately after…
€ 99,00 € 89,00