By Washington-based bladesmith Salem Straub comes Flowing Chains damascus, a breathtaking new pattern from the artist behind Promethean Knives. Salem's s-grind geometry, convex at the edge and concave above, provides a thin, lightweight, wonderfully balanced blade designed to be used daily, excelling in the areas of food release, precision slices, and providing boundless joy to its user. To control the exquisite blade, Salam has built a dovetailed micarta handle in octagonal wa-style, with a stainless through nut, an extension of the blade's tang, visible at the end.