About the blades
The blades
All my blades are individual made and there are not two exactly similar.
Materials
I make the knife blades
from stainless high alloy steel such as the Sweedish powdersteel
RWL-34 that features a very fine grain structure. It gets very sharp and holds
the sharpness for a long time. It is somewhat comparable to ATS-34 in
composition yet features added Vanadium. This gives it finer grainstructure
and adds to the edgeholding.
Damasteel is laminated powdersteel that has been melted and sprayed out in
vacuum. To turn it into a steelbar itīs put through a complicated process
under very high heat and pressure. Powdersteel is stronger than other steels.
The steel in Damasteel is RWL-34 and PMC-27. The later is similar to 12C27. It
is beautiful and very strong.
The process
The blades are all made "free hand style" then professional heat treated by Haustrup, Denmark. This is a company dealing only with heat treating. The blades gets hardened in a vacuum furnace and is cryogenicly stress relieved at -196 degrees C (-385 F). this gives more strenght, keener edge and better wear resistance,
Finally the blades are grind and polished to perfect shape and surface.
See pictures of the blades in the gallery here.