Overview
At the Seki Knife Festival’s Outdoor Knife Show, my heart was completely stolen by a collection of very distinctive and beautifully handcrafted custom knives. I became very interested in these custom knives and the craftsman who made them, so I asked him about his knife making story and his knife making philosophy.
The gentleman’s name is Tomoyoshi Arakawa and, while he is already a veteran custom knife maker, he continues to challenge himself to seek out and create his own inspiration, ideas, designs and techniques so that he can create truly distinctive custom knives.
At a young age, he fell in love with the beautiful “GERBER Silver Knight” knife, became interested in custom knife making and then began his knife making career. We believe his pure passion and love of knives greatly helped him to increase his custom knife making skills and techniques during his decades of custom knife making work, which involved considerable effort, many trials and many errors.
The Knife Model "New York Special" is a highly popular model among Loveless designs. This compact fighting knife, designed at the request from the New York City Police, is crafted in a unique form that snaps into a square sheath, designed for carrying inside a suit's inner pocket.
Mr. Arakawa devoted his energy and time with full of his experience and skill for custom making this special knife model.
3.2” Highly Mirror Polished and Finished, Solid ATS-34 Spear Point Stainless Steel Blade. This Full-Tang, Fighter knife is fitted with selected high quality Samber Stag Handle w/ Anodized Natural Rainbow Color Titanium Hilt.
Specification:
Knife Model: Tomoyoshi Arakawa Fighter "NY Special"
Blade Material: ATS-34 Stainless Steel
Rockwell Hardness (HRc): 61
Handle Material: Samber Stag Handle w/ Anodized Natural Rainbow Color Titanium Hilt
Leather Sheath
Overall Length: 185mm
Blade Length: 82mm
Blade Thickness: 5mm
Weight: 120g
Comes with a brown leather sheath. New condition.