Tak Fukuta TK-01

JB in SC

JB in SC

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I owned one of these many years ago and was curious if others remembered the unique folder. It had a ceramic blade and magnesium handle, lockback. I don’t recall it coming in a box, but had a suede case. Only 500 were produced IIRC.
 
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SpyderPhreak said:
I recall seeing one at a local shop here in Denver in my youth. Buck later made a similar (though less rounded) one with Titanium handles. More info here:

Ceramic Blade Spyderco

Did Spyderco ever (like 20+ years ago) make a small ceramic blade folder?
www.bladeforums.com www.bladeforums.com

The broken link in that thread went here: https://forum.spyderco.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=20529
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There was a Boker similar in size with flat titanium handles made about the same time period, they both cut flesh well (easy to slice a finger) but the ceramic was so slick it wouldn’t cut most materials. I bought quite a few unique knives over the years, I never heard anything about the Tak since then. I seldom kept any of them (my loss in some cases) for any length of time.
 
JB in SC said:
There was a Boker similar in size with flat titanium handles made about the same time period, they both cut flesh well (easy to slice a finger) but the ceramic was so slick it wouldn’t cut most materials. I bought quite a few unique knives over the years, I never heard anything about the Tak since then. I seldom kept any of them (my loss in some cases) for any length of time.
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I could be remembering incorrectly, maybe it was a Boker (I'll have to look when I get home tonight). They were also impossible to sharpen yourself back then when the edge chipped. I wonder if the 3M diamond film belts would do it now? 🤔

ETA - I found a pic I posted of it here. Sure enough, it is a Boker... Here's a crop of the original image:

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SpyderPhreak said:
I could be remembering incorrectly, maybe it was a Boker (I'll have to look when I get home tonight). They were also impossible to sharpen yourself back then when the edge chipped. I wonder if the 3M diamond film belts would do it now? 🤔
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I recall reading using water cooled lapidary wheels to sharpen them.
 
JB in SC said:
I recall reading using water cooled lapidary wheels to sharpen them.
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Yeah, that's what I believe they were using back then. I know that the 3M diamond film sheets will polish gems, so I don't know why the belts wouldn't.
 
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