Welcome to the show!
Celebrating Damasteel’s 30th Anniversary: #Buildalong is back in a special format – one foot-long billet of RWL34 and an accompanying patterned piece of Heimskringla to create an accent to your blade OR an accompanying piece.
Each week you can send in your questions or dilemmas, written or via audio message to the team at Knife Talk Podcast as they walk you through a culinary build.
Submissions for this year’s BUILDALONG are now closed, join us November 15, 2025 for the Damasteel Chef Invitational to meet the makers and see the knives!
- Knife Talk’s Choice
- Per’s Choice
- Alfredo Faccipieri is joining to award BEST Mirror Polished Blade!
#DamasteelBuildalong – 2025 submissions
RWL34 core, nickel (to prevent carbon migration), DS93X Heimskringla cheeks. Slight convex, Total length 360mm, Blade length 215mm
Blade height 42mm, Thickness at spine 2.8mm
Handle made out of 1900-year-old bog oak, micarta, nickel silver
With a forged Heimskringla Ko-Deba knife with a single bevel and a concave backside. Some forge texture intentionally present on the right side. Combined with a polished bevel. And a polished left side with a plunge line to highlight the pattern of the steel.
A handle made of deep purple burl and liners in micarta.
Totalt length: 255 mm Cutting edge: 125 mm Height: 63 mm
Blade: RWL34 chef knife. S-grind.
Handle: Jade & Ivory G10, bronze.
Adornments: Leaf finial fork, pick, spoon. Forged and hand polished.
RWL34 blade at 63 HRC and 210mm long. The handle is a solid block of G-10 with dovetail Heimskringla inlays and a through tang construction.
