spyken
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A bit of background on the maker (extracted from his website, pardon the grammar):
Kiku Matsuda has thirty four years of experience in blade grinding. He is fifth generation knife grinder. His unique grinds are well known in knife industry. Four hundred years ago his samurai ancestors fought in Sekigahara battle (Most profound battle in history of Japan). His family was rewarded for bravely in battle and received large amount of property. For the next two hundred years his ancestors prospered. After Meiji era with modernization of Japan samurai were no longer needed. His family turned their attention to sword making. During the WWII there was a demand for swords, orders was placed by Japanese imperial government. As a young boy he helped his father grind the swords. After the war the demand for sword diminished. After WWII as Japans economy began to recover, knife manufacturing company regained prosper. Kiku Matsuda is one of the most famous blade grinders in Japan. You probably have at least one knife which the blade was grinded by him. He has been working with some of the top knife manufactures in the US (William Henry, Pro-tech, Randall Kings).
I have an "Aggresive Talon" fingerhole-style knife made by Kiku-san which I'm offering for sale. This blade features a right-hand chisel-ground hawksbill-style blade in ATS34 with both front and primary edge sharpened to shaving sharp. It has held a very special place in my collection as Kiku-san's knives are hard to come by and I lucked out when I got it from him. This particular model is even rarer than the usual "Talon". The blade features Kiku-san's proprietary "splash" non-glare finish (like an acid-etched but not a bead blasted finish)....extremely beautiful. The G10 handles are quite nice...somewhat like a Gundam-robot limb (like the other famous Japanese knifemaker, Tomoyuki Nemoto). Hard to measure the size of the blade but it's about 3-3.5 inches. Comes with a well-made kydex sheath with teklok that facilitates easy removal.
The knife is minty from the maker save that I tested the blade against a magazine to determine the ripping / slashing ability. Needless to say, it is rather devastating :thumbup: Can someone who will put this blade to good use - either in the field or as a back-up piece or in his collection give it a new home? To my knowledge, I've only seen this style of Aggresive Talon once on a Japanese website - can't find it anymore.
I would like $330 shipped and paypal fee included for this hard-to-find piece.
Only trade I will consider is for a Fikes 4" droppoint
(well, no harm trying, right? I will add a little cash of course)
Kiku Matsuda has thirty four years of experience in blade grinding. He is fifth generation knife grinder. His unique grinds are well known in knife industry. Four hundred years ago his samurai ancestors fought in Sekigahara battle (Most profound battle in history of Japan). His family was rewarded for bravely in battle and received large amount of property. For the next two hundred years his ancestors prospered. After Meiji era with modernization of Japan samurai were no longer needed. His family turned their attention to sword making. During the WWII there was a demand for swords, orders was placed by Japanese imperial government. As a young boy he helped his father grind the swords. After the war the demand for sword diminished. After WWII as Japans economy began to recover, knife manufacturing company regained prosper. Kiku Matsuda is one of the most famous blade grinders in Japan. You probably have at least one knife which the blade was grinded by him. He has been working with some of the top knife manufactures in the US (William Henry, Pro-tech, Randall Kings).
I have an "Aggresive Talon" fingerhole-style knife made by Kiku-san which I'm offering for sale. This blade features a right-hand chisel-ground hawksbill-style blade in ATS34 with both front and primary edge sharpened to shaving sharp. It has held a very special place in my collection as Kiku-san's knives are hard to come by and I lucked out when I got it from him. This particular model is even rarer than the usual "Talon". The blade features Kiku-san's proprietary "splash" non-glare finish (like an acid-etched but not a bead blasted finish)....extremely beautiful. The G10 handles are quite nice...somewhat like a Gundam-robot limb (like the other famous Japanese knifemaker, Tomoyuki Nemoto). Hard to measure the size of the blade but it's about 3-3.5 inches. Comes with a well-made kydex sheath with teklok that facilitates easy removal.
The knife is minty from the maker save that I tested the blade against a magazine to determine the ripping / slashing ability. Needless to say, it is rather devastating :thumbup: Can someone who will put this blade to good use - either in the field or as a back-up piece or in his collection give it a new home? To my knowledge, I've only seen this style of Aggresive Talon once on a Japanese website - can't find it anymore.
I would like $330 shipped and paypal fee included for this hard-to-find piece.
Only trade I will consider is for a Fikes 4" droppoint
(well, no harm trying, right? I will add a little cash of course)