Striking, substantial, and balanced, in all of the ways we look for, the newest chef knife by bladesmith Niko Nicolaides features a razor-sharp 250mm / 9.85" edge in Niko's twisted mosaic damascus steel, convex and thin, shaped by hand for your every cooking need. Behind the twisted pattern damascus edge, and extending out of the gorgeous integral bolster transition, is a separate section of 180-layer random pattern damascus, forged from the same alloys, producing a head-turning finished blade. Filling the hand to wield a knife that fills the imagination is a beautifully carved piece of spalted tamarind, full of grain and subtle color variation that seems made for this particular cutting tool, shaped in Western form, and accented with spacers of G10 and nickel silver.