Damascus Steel Bone Handle Utility Knife 0397005151

Damascus steel knife with bone handle and leather sheath

Nice utility knife with sharp Damascus steel blade ( twist design) and bone handle.

Delivery includes a brown genuine leather sheath with attachment loop.

The terms Damascus steel , Damascene or pattern welded designate a composite steel forged from two or more different types of steel. It is named after its birthplace, the Syrian city of Damascus, a former stronghold of stamped steel production.
As a common practice, a harder high-carbon steel and a softer low-carbon steel are repeatedly forged and folded. The high-carbon steel ensures greater hardness, better hardenability, and longer edge retention, while the softer steel confers greater blade flexibility and tensile strength. This procedure, which emerged in an era when steel grades were often low and inconsistent, allows the positive attributes of the various steel grades to be combined.
Moreover, the different shades generated by the varying carbon content of the alternating layers engender strikingly beautiful patterns, such as the twisted motif called Torsion Damascus , pattern or Rose Damascus pattern. These unusual patterns undoubtedly partly explain why inherent magical properties were attributed to Damascus steel blades from the Middle Ages. Such a Damascene sword blade is depicted, for example, as a bloody worm or a poisonous snake in the Edda.

Details:
- Blade material: Damascus steel (twist pattern)
- Total length: approx. 25cm
- Blade length: approx. 13 cm
- Handle: approx. 12 cm, from the bone, brass ring and butt plate (incl. integrated lanyard hole), fiberglass spacers
- Weight: approx. 190 g
- Incl. leather lanyard and brown leather sheath with belt loop

Note: As bone is a natural product, each knife has its own unique handle. Variations in bone colour and grain are quite common and therefore the images above are for reference only.