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Top Kit 
Katanza 
Knives
H
aving worked in the steel 
industry for nine years, 
I got the opportunity 
to study different types 
of steel from one of 
the best metallurgists 
in the country, Gary Williams. 
Gary not only knew just what 
the different types of steel were, 
but where and why they were 
used in a range of applications.
This knowledge interested me as 
an engineer, it also interested me 
fisherman and a hunter knowing 
what steels could be used in 
firearms or knives.  As the years 
went by, I was noticing our local 
access to quality top end knives at 
reasonable prices was becoming 
less.  Sure, there is Svord, a great 
knife with high end carbon steel but 
they tended to rust if not coated 
in some form veggie oil and many 
anglers didn’t look after them well.
I could see an opportunity to 
design and put together some 
high-end knives, using a top 
grade nonrusting stainless and 
that’s when I started researching 
Japanese stainless steel and 
their methods of blade making, 
especially layered Damascus.
Every angler needs a good 
knife for filleting, boning, 
and skinning.  Rod builder 
Graeme Paterson has turned 
his hand to designing and 
sourcing quality blades 
that are super sharp.
BY GRAEME PATERSON
 /FISHINGINGODZONE  45
The blades are all required to 
have some flexibility but aren’t 
too thin, so wont bend easily 
and be too hard to sharpen.

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