What kind of knife is this?

[NAndriy]

Hi everybody. Can anyone tell me what kind of knife this is? What is the manufacturer? Or it's handmade?

 

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[KenHash]

Hi everybody. Can anyone tell me what kind of knife this is? What is the manufacturer? Or it's handmade?

It is a traditional Japanese hunting knife made by Takeshi Saji (佐治　武士) Born 1948, a well known Custom Knife maker in Takefu Japan, who makes both outdoor knives and cooking knives. Although in recent years he has been doing more of the latter.
The envraving says Saji 佐治　Saku 作　(made by). Your knife is probably White Steel No.2 damascus.
Here is a larger and more recent, but similar style knife.

 

[Alberta Ed]

Very interesting. How did you acquire it?

 

[NAndriy]

It is a traditional Japanese hunting knife made by Takeshi Saji (佐治　武士) Born 1948, a well known Custom Knife maker in Takefu Japan, who makes both outdoor knives and cooking knives. Although in recent years he has been doing more of the latter.
The envraving says Saji 佐治　Saku 作　(made by). Your knife is probably White Steel No.2 damascus.
Here is a larger and more recent, but similar style knife.

Wow, thanks for your reply, it's very interesting.
I myself could not find anything about this knife on the Internet.

 

[NAndriy]

Very interesting. How did you acquire it?

I found it in my father's knife collection. He is a hunter and has many knives. I was interested in this knife, because it looked like a cool Japanese handmade knife and tried to find something about it but couldn't find anything=) I think someone gave him this knife for birthday or something like that.

 

[HexY3co]

That is very cool. Worth keeping for sure.