[TheForge] Commercial pattern welded knives

[Mike Spencer]

Saturday's Toronto Globe & Mail had a kitchen knife review in the food
section.  Interesting to see what is apparently a pattern welded knife
from Seki of Japan.  The not very technical reviewer said:

    The blade's wavy pattern is made by repeatedly folding and
    forging 16 layers of stainless steel on each side.  It's then
    sandblasted and polished.  At [Canadian] $210 for a chef's knife
    with a black laminated wooden handle, this objet d'art should not
    be thrown carelessly in a drawer or in a dishwasher.

This may be old news to the knife guys but it's the first instance
I've seen of an apparently mass produced product like this.  I gather
that the patterned material is cladding on an otherwise conventional
blade. 

Pics at:

   http://www.knifemerchant.com/products.asp?manufacturerID=14

- Mike

[ Who is crawling into his hole and pulling it in behind himself
because it looks like hurricane Juan is going to hit us dead on
sometime tonight.]

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