{"title":"DIY Materials","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eI cosider myself as a long time woodworker. I make a lot of things myself and one notiable product of my DIY projects has turned into something quite unique to K\u0026amp;S: the K\u0026amp;S premuium WA-handles. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eI totally understand how furstrating for being a DIYer located in the Downunder: many small things are just not easily available in Australia, and importing them will incur a huge freight cost. As the nature of K\u0026amp;S, I have a lot of contacts in Japan that enables to me access some of the otherwise hard to obtain materials, such as the Japanese knife steel. So I figure why not bring some in for my fellow knifemakers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eI will continue to source interesting materials so if you want something that maybe I could help, please let me know :)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hitachi-ginsanko-ginsan-g3-sanmai-billet-2-5mm-x-55mm-x-360mm","title":"Hitachi Ginsanko (Ginsan, G3) Sanmai Billet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eVery popular stainless steel from Hitachi. Many Sakai knifesmith will have some sort of ginsanko offerings. Working HRC is between 60 to 62, I consider Ginsan to be the stainless equivalent of White 2 steel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cimg class=\"__mce_add_custom__\" src=\"\/\/cdn3.bigcommerce.com\/s-bov50\/products\/554\/images\/4331\/Ginsan_Composition__70519.1467288195.1280.1280.jpg?c=2\" alt=\"\" width=\"835\" height=\"730\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eThis particular stock is in Sanmai constuction, namely it come with a Ginsan core and cladded with soft stainless steel, in a 3 layer constuction. This means the knife will be much easier to sharpen after heat treatment and when the user needs to thin the knife, it could be done with a whetstone rather than have to use a machine (which is not that practical, this is one of the reasons that I am not a big fan of PM monosteel knives). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eMeasurement: 360mm x 55mm x 2.5mm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hitachi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31821823639689,"sku":"STEEL_G3_2.5x55x360","price":88.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0287\/7227\/0217\/products\/Ginsan_Billet__78667.1546485853.1280.1280.jpg?v=1577516439"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.knivesandstones.co.kr\/en\/collections\/diy-materials.oembed","provider":"Knives and Stones","version":"1.0","type":"link"}