Cascading Damascus Chef 248mm

A cascade of damascus, thirty layers of pure nickel and 02 carbon steel to be precise, race along the bevels of this workhorse chef’s knife by Martin Huber. Sandwiched between outer cladding of pure 02 with its combination of hand-sanded satin finish giving way to a rough, hand-hewn forged finish at the flats, and the blade’s 1.2419 high-carbon steel core that forms the 248mm / 9.8″ edge, the river of damascus is icing on the cake. Shaped to become any chef’s go-to daily cutter for jobs large and small, tough and delicate, its the blade’s geometry and technical attributes that shine in the kitchen. Symmetrical, convex bevels slims downward to a quite thin, hard, and razor-sharp edge. At the rear where the knife stands 60mm off of the cutting board the blade delivers the mass needed for big cuts and chopping tasks. Maintaining its strength and exhibiting only a slight degree of lateral flexibility, the blade spine tapers steadily from around 3.3mm to just 1.5mm an inch from the tip where it then begins to slim more aggressively before reaching an extremely fine, needle-like tip at which point, and just behind which, the geometry is precisely honed and perfect for slicing and detail work. Balancing just over an inch in front of the handle,  ideal for a workhorse of this size, the knife is steady yet nimble and quick in the hand. To help achieve this purposeful mass distribution, Martin has tapered the blade’s tang toward the rear of  the full-tang construction handle where it is jacketed first by liners of black micarta, and then the ergonomic, comfortable, and beautiful pieces of koa wood which are secured by three black micarta pins.