Custom Limited Edition, Sukenari STRIX Nickel Damascus Wa Gyuto 210mm (8.2 inch, SCL-530)

This Sukenari STRIX Nickel Damascus Wa Gyuto is a Custom Limited Edition, one-of-a-kind knife. Recently, Takefu Special Steel company released a new and mysterious special powdered steel called “STRIX” (Short for “STrong matRIX”). The claimed characteristics of this new steel have made a big impact and it has attracted the interest of many knife industry experts and serious knife fans. STRIX is capable of reaching very high hardness levels (HRC 65) and offering outstanding sharpness and edge retention. Furthermore, even at this high hardness level, STRIX is not very difficult to resharpen and, similar to SG-II (Also known as R2), it offers very good rust resistance. Ideal for practical, high-performance cutlery, this new high-end steel has now been released on to the market. Of course, Master Hanaki at Sukenari has been busy researching and testing this interesting new steel and, now, the Sukenari STRIX Steel knives are available. The STRIX core blade steel (HRc. 65) is forge-welded wi