"Fréamh" 125/55 mm ko-santoku

1000 total layers of steel.  In this small creature, lives much energy.  Both the energy it took to create it and the energy it has to offer.  "Fréamh" means 'root' in Irish, and perhaps its existence is a slight insight into the way I try to live.  I do my damndest to find beauty in the smallest moments and things, and to give them my energy. So i have done with this relatively small knife.  There are a lot of details in this shoebox... If you look closely you will see that the roughly 300 layers of 26c3/15n20 high performance damask core steel are oriented vertically so that they span across the cutting edge, creating maximum damascus cutting effect as the knife wears between sharpenings.   You might also notice the 3-alloy twist mokume bolster has been depth etched aggressively to expose its topography.   The half-feather, 700 layer damascus cladding, starts it flow very much in sync with the woodgrain curves at the front of the olive ash handle, and continues its fall foward and down, mirroring the tip profile.   If you look with care at this creature, I promise, it will continue to give.  Enjoy. 
 
Steel - ~300 layer 26c3/15n20 high performance damask core / ni / ~700 layer high-carbon damask clad in a falling half feather pattern
Blade Length - 125mm cutting edge
Blade Height - 55mm at heel
Weight - 113 grams
Distal taper - 3mm at heel to 1.9 halfway to 1.3mm at spine tip
Grind - very fine convex, nail-flexing edge throughout
Balance - just forward of bolster
Handle Construction - heirloom-fit geometric 3-alloy twist mokume with deep etch - stabilised olive ash in my "Rokktawa" shape (coffin shape, rokkaku hanmaru front, octagonal wa back section)