Product Overview
The Russian Damascus Blade Filet Knife. The blade has 560 layers of Y8 (W1-7) -high carbon and ШX15 (52100) steel forge welded Damascus. Handle material - Birch Bark and walnut wood. Blade thickness - 1.8 mm. Blade - 8". Total - 13". Light, working knife. Good, comfortable grip. Handmade in Vorsma, Russia. Aleksei Zhbanov's workshop. Leather sheath included.
Damascus steel was a term used by several Western cultures from the medieval period onward to describe a type of steel created in India and used in sword making from about 300 BC to 1700 AD. These swords are characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water. Such blades were reputed to be not only tough and resistant to shattering, but capable of being honed to a sharp and resilient edge.
