A Quick (and Great) Word about Seki Cut

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I am not sure how many of you out there have heard of the up and coming company called Seki Cut, but let me tell you a little about them. They are a Japanese based company who recently opened a San Diego office in California. I purchased one of their knives a while ago. The knives are simple looking, but gorgeous to hold and wonderful to use. The folder's are made of D2 steel and the aluminum handle is made to give it a soft feel, hard to describe unless you hold one. The knife locks tight and has THE smoothest opening of any factory folder I have ever used. The knife is classy enough to wear out but tough enough to really use, and the edge is extremely sharp, passing the three fingers test out of the box. Not only are the knives great, but the customer service is unbelievable. I emailed them that my knife had two stripped out screws, my own doing, and a few days later I recieved a new one in the mail. These are $150 dollar knives mind you, and they sent me a brand new one no questions asked. I then noticed a flaw with the one sent, I am extremely anal about my knives, and notified the customer service. I was emailed back with an apology from the head of customer service who said he was sorry that the knife sent to me was ont thouroughly inspected at the san diego office so he took a fresh factory knife, hand inspected it, and sent it to me. Amazing, I have never had a company do this. I wish to pass the word and would ask anyone out there looking for a nice folder, or an upperclass gentleman's fixed blade, to highly consider seki cut. For once, not only does the knife have something to offer, but the company does as well. Thank you for reading.

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Kershaw72787
 
I wonder if it is related with Seki City - Japan? Lots of knives there...
OTOH, forgive my ignorance, but what's the "three fingers test"?
 
Yes, they are based out of Seki City Japan. The three fingers test was divised by ABS Master Bladesmtih Murray Carter, the only American to be inducted into the Japanese Blade Family. He makes his knives, which are amazingly beyond sharp, the old fashioned way using pine nettles for the fire. To test the sharpness of the knife he told me to place my thumb on the spine of the blade and lightyly place the pointer, middle, and index finger on the edge. If you are right handed hold knife with right hand and use left hand. When you lightly run your fingers back and forth, controlling the pressure with your thumb, the blade should not feel slick but should dig into your fingers, feeling like it is dragging. I have only been able to get this sharp with my wetstone. It is a good test to use. Hope this answer helps.

kershaw72787
 
Glad to hear about your knife experience but that sounds like an exceedingly dangerous way to test an edge. :eek:
 
In addition to the D2 folders that they sell, Seki-cut also sells their "little blue folder" with laminated vg-10 steel. A wonderful "gentleman's knife". A lot of the knife websites now sell their stuff. Do you know of contact numbers for their store in California?
 
DaveH said:
Glad to hear about your knife experience but that sounds like an exceedingly dangerous way to test an edge. :eek:
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That’s why they call it the Three Fingers Test. You start out with four fingers and wind up with three fingers! I’ll stick to shaving the hair on my arm.
 
All kidding aside... I have the Lil' Encounter. Great knife. Smooth, sharp, very ergonomic. The handle (linen micarta) is too smooth and slippery for my taste.
First time I white knuckled it the lock released... since then, it is tight as a drum. I think it just needs to be broken in a little. I do wish they had a grippier handle ( like maybe a Buck Taclite :) Anyway, take a look, it appears to be very well built, and a well thought out design.
 
I've seen some very nice fixed blades from them also, and one was made from VG-10. Anyone know where one can order these knives from in the states? Thanks!
 
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