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| Japanese Kitchen Knife with Damascus Stainless Steel by Shinichi Watanabe.
Damascus steel consist of two different steel grades, welded in over a hundred layers. The material is hammer forged from powdering steel of the rapid solidification metallurgy. It comes from Damasteel in Sweden as thick flat bars. We heated, hammer-forged, shaped, hardend and ground it. This material is hard and tough. The hardness is Rc62 to Rc64. The knives take a very fine edge and can cut paper-thin slices of meat or vegetables. Damascus stainless steel Petty knife
Kwyaki octagon wood with water buffalo horn hilt Blade 120mm Width 28mm Thickness: Tapered spine 2.6 - 1.5mm Total 250mm $675.00 1 pc in stock Shipping your charge (Shipped Internationally)  The other patterns sample Twist Rose Odin's eye Hakkapella Vinland Heimskringla Muhammed's ladder |
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| The evidence of hand forged... Tapered spines |
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| Our handmade knives with tapered spines are light and strong. Western knives and machine made Japanese knives are made by pressing a steel sheet and welding to the handle. The welded mark is shaped and polished so the neck become the same thickness or a little thinner (about 0.1mm) than the blade. The neck is the weak point. The neck can be easily bent and broken. This is not the case with our hand forged blades with tapered spines. The neck is much thicker than the blade face, so our blades are far more structurally sound and well balanced than their machine made counterparts. How to tell the difference between hand forged blades and stamped blades You can tell the difference between these two types of knives by the spine of the blade. The stamped blades are made from steel sheets with a pressing machine. This makes the thickness flat and uniform. Today, the traditional hand forged bladesmiths like us are rare even in Japan. Hand forging makes a well balanced and strong blade, the forged edge having optimal edge retention and sharpness. |
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