Simone Tonolli - Wolverine Fixed knife in VG10 SanMai hammered - Craft Knife

Type of production: Artisan
Lama production: Italy
Blade: in damask laminated and hammered stainless steel with cutting edge in VG-10 at 59 / 60HRC
Blade treatment: -
Handle: G10
Blade length: 125mm.
Blade thickness: 4mm.
Total length: 240mm.
Balancing: set back
Weight: 218g.
Sheath: in Kydex, thermoformed, with belt loop attachment
Packaging: cardboard box with warranty and authenticity certificate issued by the Artisan.
Notes: entirely handmade and exclusive Collini Cutlery

As in the ancient swords of the Japanese Samurai.

The laminated steel - imported into Italy by Collini Steel directly from the Japanese Takefu Steel - is based on the ancient Japanese tradition in the creation of the famous Samurai swords. Already in 1100 the Japanese blacksmiths experts in fact united different materials together to give the Katana swords incredible cutting skills combined with a resistance and flexibility previously unknown. It is thanks to this revolutionary construction technique that Samurai swords have been preserved to this day, becoming one of the most fascinating objects created by man. Following this tradition applied to modern metallurgy, we can now have technologically advanced steels already tested and used in cutlery even by famous brands such as Fallkniven, Cold Steel, Mcusta, Kai, Sog, Zwilling, Rockstead, etc.

Characteristics of San Mai steel: These are different types of metals bonded together to create a composite that contains and intensifies the strengths of the metals individually taken:

Japanese laminated steel

- Longer tool life
thanks to the use of very high quality steels with high carbon content (VG10, CoS, Shiro) or sintered (SPG2), in the heart of the slab (Core Steel), the blade, once hardened, achieves decidedly hardness and cutting performance higher than those achieved with the use of traditional steels.

- Greater resilience
built with the principle of Japanese swords, multilayer steel is difficult to break thanks to the toughness of central steel (Core Steel) and the elasticity of the steel used for the side cladding (Stainless Steel).

- Better corrosion resistance
the steel used for the outer layers (Stainless Steel) guarantees the blade a high resistance to corrosion. The combination of the two or more materials used by Takefu Steel generates a galvanic structure that improves corrosion resistance even on the wire.

- Easy processing even after heat treatment
although normally the steel becomes harder after hardening, the lateral steel used in multilayer processing does not lose its softness and allows easy processing, drilling or welding even after heat treatment. For an optimal performance of the blade, a cryogenic treatment is recommended.

- Improvement of aesthetic performance
Knives made with multi-layer steel or with damask patterns at the end of the processing are aesthetically elegant, refined and highly appreciated by collectors all over the world.

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