Questions: Knife made by G. Sakai

[Ebba-X]

On a fair here in Germany I bought a huge knife made by G. Sakai (blade length 9.5&quot;, overall 14.75&quot<img src="wink.gif" width=15 height=15 align=middle>, which looks quite similar to the Coldsteel trailmasters. The blade is labelled &quot;HSEK - High speed edge knife&quot;. The seller could not tell me much about that knife, maybe anybody else can.



Is G. Sakai a well known knife manufacturer? What does the blade imprint mean? Does it name a steel kind like 440 C, AUS or ATS 34? If yes, where about does this steel kind range concerning hardness and quality?

Or does the imprint refer to the making of the blade or a special treatment? If it is like this, what does it mean exactly? And what kind of steel is my knife's blade then?



Looking forward to an answer,



Ebba-X

[liko]

G. Saki Is One of the best makers in the world hands down no questions asked, post a picture of it and I should be able to tell you everything about it.

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[Carlos]

In addition to making its own knives, G. Sakai is a major private label manufacurer -- making knives for Spyderco, and probably for Cold Steel and Al Mar as well.

[firediver]

And a few others to many to list if I remember correctly they have been knifemakers for 5 generations now. WOW

A SPYDERCO knife is the most expensive and least effective screwdriver you will ever buy. However, we do have the

[sal]

Hi Ebba-X. Welcome top the Spyderco forum.

G.Sakai's HSEK stands for High Speed Edge Knife. The grind had a dip alongside the edge which reduces friction in the initial cut.

They began making them about 10 years ago. Blade steel was generally AUS-6. A very nice substantial Bowie.

sal