Rockstead - Chi - SanMai ZDP189 - knife

With the Rockstead brand of Ishida Co. of Sakai, Japan, the best industrial knives currently in production are currently marketed.

Created by Katsumi Kitano, who for over 20 years has been producing quality knives so as to have been awarded the highest recognition among artisan knives in Japan, they are exceptional both in cutting capacity, penetration and tightness of the thread and in innovation for the materials used and for construction techniques.

Intended use: Collection / Sports

Type of production: Midtech
Country of production: Sakai - Japan
Blade: laminated stainless steel ZDP189 with 67.2 HRC inside and VG10 with 60.4 HRC on the external cheeks
Blade treatment: mirror polished
Handle: Aluminum A6063S with Hv400 hardness anodizing and genuine leather Race inserts
Blade length: 82mm.
Blade thickness: 3.7mm.
Length closed: 111mm.
Total length: 189mm.
Thick when closed: 16.2mm.
Weight: 133g.
Opening: through ambidextrous pin
Washers: in steel
Closure: 2mm Sub FrameLock. stainless steel SUS402J2 at 50HRC
Clip: deep pocket, in 420J2 stainless steel of 1mm. with PVD treatment
Packaging: Wooden box with Rockstead logos, certified with serial number and steel hardness test
Note: Serial number L280 - Date of production 23 April 2019 - Sharpening of the Shinogizukuri type blade