KX05 Sashimi Wood

The KX05 Sashimi Wood was an experimental kitchen knife design based on the traditional Japanese Sashimi knife.

Appearance in catalogs

The KX05 does not seem to have appeared in any catalogs

History, mentionings etc. from the forums

• New Experimental Model: Spyderco Sashimi knife., posted by forum member Carlos
• KX05P Sashimi in AUS8(W), posted by forum member The Mastiff
• Sashimi Knife?, posted by forum member thorin hammer
• In this post on the Beyond t01 micron discussion forum, from 15 March 2022, Sal Glesser shares some information on the design history of the KX05 and the performance of the AUS8W steel blade:

couple of decades ago, our Seki trading partner told me that one of the Masahiro brothers made a Sashimi style knife out of AUS-8W (Tungsten added). He said that you could lay a folded piece of rice paper on the edge at the heel, blow on the paper and the knife will cut the paper in half before it reaches the tip. Naturally I said Bullsh*t.

About a week after I got home, I received a knife in the mail, a piece of rice paper and drawings showing me how to hold the knife and where to put the paper. I set the folded paper on the heel of the blade, edge up, and blew on the paper, which much to my surprize cut the paper in half before reaching the tip.

We made about 500 of them out of the AUS-8W a bit shorter than the sample, maybe 6" - 7" blade length. But it wasn't a good seller. I still use one at home.

Information from the Spyderco catalog on the web

KX05 Sashimi Wood

In the past decade America has been introduced and happily seduced by Asian and other global cooking styles. This inauguration involves way more than just introducing new foods and ingredients, it opened our eyes to new cooking methods, kitchenware/gadgets and cutlery from every continent. Asian influenced kitchen cutlery has become hot! No secret Japanese cutlers have for centuries made high-quality utilitarian knives that are key to their style of food preparation. Example in point is the sashimi knife.

Spyderco's KX05 holds true in offering traditional features of a sashimi knife, used for the artful and precise presentation of Japanese cuisine. Ours has a fully flat-ground>AUS-8W blade. The edges' grind is incredibly thin and keen for precise cutting, flaking, skinning and food separating. Tapered to a spear-point, it possesses a subtle curve with just enough room for a slight arc-level of rocking while cutting. Running two-thirds through the handle, the blade's tang is encased in a birch-wood handle. The wood is routered to an oval profile with a raised ridge running the handle's length. The ridge runs along the same perpendicular line as the cutting edge, letting you (by feel) know where the sharpened edge is cutting at all times. Handwash only.

Variations

The KX05 is originally made in Seki City, Japan, and features:

• a modified Drop Point Blade shape
• a birch-wood handle
• a Full Flat grind blade

SKU	Handle	Edge	Steel	From/To	MSRP	Note	Number made	Grind	Collectors club
KX05	Birch Wood	PE	AUS-8	2003	$59.95 (2003)	Part of Spyderco's experimental kitchen knife designs	The KX05 appears to have only seen a single production run in 2003	Full Flat

Most collectible variation

The original KX05 Sashimi Wood, complete with original box and papers in mint condition is likely to be the most collectible version.

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Technical information

Measurements (mm and grams) of the KX05 Sashimi Wood:

Variation	Length overall	Length blade	Length edge	Blade thickness	Weight
KX05	311mm	181mm	169mm	3mm	88g

Measurements (inches and ounces) of the KX05 Sashimi Wood:

Variation	Length overall	Length blade	Length edge	Blade thickness	Weight
KX05	12.25"	7.125"	6.625"	0.125"	3.1oz

Pictures

The KX05 Sashimi Wood

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