Knife Blog

Let me introduce damascus knife options of my company since I’m frequently asked by our customers.

1. Japanese knives

Our regular Japanese damascus knife is Aogami II (Blue Paper II.) We can make single edged knives, such as Yanagiba, and Deba and double-edged knives, such as Santoku, Nakiri Gyuto and paring knives.

We also have the damascus option of Aogami I (Blue paper I,) but the knives of Aogami I is only single-edged.

Aogami II is more popular in my company because Aogami I is more expensive.

We also have the damascus option of Gingami III, but the delivery time is very long, so we don’t normally introduce this option.

2. Western knives

Western knives have more options of damascus than Japanese knives. Damascus patterns differ, depending on each artisan. The most popular material of damascus western knives is VG10. We have several options of VG10 damascus Western knives. Other than VG10 option, we have the option of ZA18 damascus Western knives, but these blades have to be attached with handles of Japanese traditional knives.

Tsuchime (hammer) pattern is also popular other than damascus pattern. In terms of Tsuchime (hammer) pattern, we have options of AUS8, Aogami Super (Blue Steel Super), VG1 and Aogami II (Blue Steel II)

We are now making our catalog in English, Japanese and French next January to introduce our all products, so if you would like to see it, please contact us after January in 2018.

*The picture is Deba of Aogami II (Blue Steel II) Damascus.