With a Masters Degree in Metallurgy and over 12 years’ experience in the field, Tobias Hangler has helped develop leading new tool steels from the ground up, proprietary heat treatment and hardening processes, tooling and equipment for the making of knives, and much more. Tobias' work speaks for itself, whether intricately shaped from homemade damascus or ground with convex geometry from the ApexUltra steel which he worked to develop for the global knifemaking community, he strives to make each element as close to perfect as possible, with overarching emphasis placed on each blade’s grain structure and hardening, each area key to the performance of a world-class culinary tool. At his shop in Graz, Austria, Tobias crafts every knife by hand from start to finish.