22,8 cm Gyuto "Damascus steel"

This knife is a very performant userfriendly with a consistent taper and a medium-fine tip. The blade is made of a ladder damascus steel made of 1.2419.05 and 1.2767 ESU with a hardness of 65 hrc. 

The knife is suitable for all cutting techniques. 

The western handle is made of cocobolo with a spacer of black stabilized maple, a bronze pin and a steel end plate.

With the exception of stainless steels and PM steels, all the steels I use undergo an additional refining process. The flat material is cut into equal-sized pieces, precisely ground flat, and stacked into stacks at least 60 mm high. The stacks are then firewelded under air exclusion. This refined material forms the starting material for the subsequent blades. This process achieves a significantly finer and more homogeneous distribution of the alloying elements and, in combination with the correct heat treatment, small and evenly distributed carbides. Furthermore, microscopic gas inclusions and cavities from production are eliminated. This results in improved cutting edge stability and greater resistance to micro-chipping compared to the unrefined starting material, while maintaining the same hardness.

Of course, the blank was also forged with optimal temperature control and forming, and then subjected to extensive heat treatment (including deep freezing after hardening). This guarantees an optimally adjusted microstructure and finely distributed carbides.