{"product_id":"heimskringla-mango-chef-178mm","title":"Heimskringla Mango Chef 178mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eForging a round bar of Damasteel’s high-performance, powder-metallurgy-based stainless damascus steel into a precision cutting tool takes a vanishingly rare kind of skill, and doing it as cleanly and purposefully as bladesmith Jeroen Knippenberg of the Netherlands has here is rarer still. It’s that rarity that led us to break with tradition: the Heimskringla Mango Chef 178mm and its sibling, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/bluetongue-ironwood-chef-192mm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bluetongue Ironwood Chef 190mm | Eatingtools\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBluetongue Ironwood Chef\u003c\/a\u003e, are named for their Damasteel pattern rather than anything else, a small nod to just how singular this material and this bladesmith’s hand with it both are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe steel for each knife comes from the same small, specialty Swedish forge that has been producing steel since the late 1600s. Eatingtools' founder, Abe, has visited and confirms that it is quite unlike the rest. Here, the pattern reveals itself as Heimskringla, named, fittingly, for the medieval Norse sagas of kings, a different form of the same alloys that gave the Bluetongue its chaotic, exciting energy. Stainless and low-maintenance by nature, the steel holds its brilliance under the etch and polish for years, asking little in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blade itself tells the rest of the story. Where the Bluetongue is flatter out of the heel, ideal for push-pull cutting, the Heimskringla carries a more Western profile, more belly through the midsection, a higher tip, and the kind of rock-and-glide motion a chef trained on European and American blades will appreciate. Very thin and razor sharp, the edge runs 178mm \/ 7\", with a pronounced full distal taper carrying the spine from 3.5mm at the choil, to 2mm at the midpoint, down to a mere 0.9mm an inch from a paper-thin tip. Blade height at the heel measures 55mm \/ 2.2\", and the finished knife balances a finger's width ahead of the heel, quick and nimble enough for fast-paced work, substantial enough to feel every cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same precise, dynamic convex bevel geometry carries the edge from Bluetongue to Heimskringla, built by the same hand with the same discipline. The handle is where this piece distinguishes itself: a dramatic, high-contrast piece of stabilized batik mango wood, its grain moving in dark streaks across a honeyed ground, carved into the same hybrid Western-wa grip as its sibling and fit to the forged integral bolster in a precise step, comfortable in the pinch grip and balanced in the palm. A companion to the Bluetongue in steel alone, the Heimskringla Mango Chef stands on its own as a capable workhorse in working kitchens, or compact urban prep spaces where a blade this size is just right.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jeroen Knippenberg - Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67746079670547,"sku":"JKP-HCK6","price":3050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/1749\/8643\/files\/chef-gyuto-jeroen-knippenberg-netherlands-heimskringla-mango-chef-178mm-1263921386.jpg?v=1792609211","url":"https:\/\/eatingtools.com\/products\/heimskringla-mango-chef-178mm","provider":"Eatingtools","version":"1.0","type":"link"}