Cutting knife, Damascus steel DTYT-DSLK-OK

This Damascus steel cutting knife is a real eye-catcher.
The sharp blade of this kitchen knife allows you to perform practically all cutting tasks in the blink of an eye. The elegant olive wood handle fits comfortably in your hand and provides a secure grip when cutting.

This knife is part of our own Ha Teikoku kitchen knife collection.

Details:
- Blade material: Damascus steel, 67 layers
- Handle material: olive wood
- Overall length: approx. 33 cm
- Blade length: approx. 20 cm

- Blade thickness: approx. 2 mm
- Weight: approx. 177 g
- Product number:
DTYT-DSLK-OK

As olive wood is a natural product, variations in color and grain are quite normal. Therefore, each knife is a unique piece with its own characteristics and patterns.

The terms Damascus steel, damask, or pattern welded refer to a composite steel forged from two or more different types of steel. It is named after its birthplace, the Syrian city of Damascus, an ancient stronghold of patterned steel production. As a common practice, a harder, high-carbon steel and a softer, low-carbon steel are repeatedly forged and folded together. The high-carbon steel ensures greater hardness, better hardenability, and longer-lasting edge retention, while the softer steel provides greater blade flexibility and tensile strength. This procedure, which emerged at a time when steel qualities were often low and inconsistent, allows for the combination of the positive attributes of the various steel grades. Additionally, the different shades generated by the varying carbon content of the alternating layers create strikingly beautiful patterns, such as the twisted motif called Torsion Damascus pattern or the Rose Damascus pattern. Undoubtedly, these unusual patterns partly explain why inherent magical properties were attributed to Damascus steel blades of the Middle Ages.