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Wenge
& Sapwood.

A 150 mm Kiritsuke Bunka with a VG-10 Damascus blade and tsuchime (hammered finish). The Wenge handle preserves the natural contrast between dark heartwood and pale sapwood.

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Complete Bunka-style kitchen knife with dark Wenge heartwood and amber-toned sapwood handle, hammered Damascus-finished blade
PLATE 01 / OVERALL COMPOSITIONMOKUREI · 2026

I.   OBJECT RECORD

Object
details.

PROFILE
Kiritsuke Bunka · double bevel
BLADE LENGTH
150 mm (nominal)
STEEL
VG-10 Damascus steel
FINISH
Tsuchime (hammered finish) · Damascus pattern
CORE HARDNESS
Approx. 60 HRC (supplier specification)
HANDLE
Wenge, heartwood & natural sapwood
Millettia laurentii
PRICE
CHF 155.–
AVAILABILITY
AVAILABLE

JAPANESE-INSPIRED KITCHEN KNIFE / SWITZERLAND

II.   PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY

The detail
of a line.

THREE VIEWS / ONE COMPOSITION
Perspective view along the Wenge heartwood and sapwood knife handle towards the steel blade
PLATE 02   /   PROPORTION
Close view of Wenge heartwood and its contrasting warm natural sapwood along the handle
PLATE 03   /   NATURAL CONTRAST
Close-up of the knife blade, showing hammered texture and a flowing layered steel pattern
PLATE 04   /   STEEL SURFACE

III.   THE MATERIAL

An uncommon
boundary.

Wenge, Millettia laurentii. Near-black and chocolate-brown bands that become more pronounced along the grain. A high-contrast timber with open pores and a distinctly architectural, linear rhythm.

Here, that boundary is allowed to remain visible as the handle's central feature.

EXPLORE THE MATERIAL ARCHIVE
Selection of dark hardwood pieces from the wider Mokurei material archive, presented as a visual reference rather than as timber from this knife
PLATE 05 / DARK TIMBERS · ARCHIVE REFERENCE

FROM THE CATALOGUE

Further observations.

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