185 Gyuto "ApexUltra"

This knife features a userfriendly profile with a medium-fine tip. The cutting edge is made of ApexUltra hardened to 66 HRC, while the side layers consist of 1.5634 steel with intermediate layers of C80 and pure nickel.

The knife is suitable for all cutting techniques.

The Japanese-style handle is made of desert ironwood, featuring a spacer made of reindeer antler and black fiber.

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.