recently got this knife as a gift and it’s my first Damascus steel.
i am never happy with the edge, it has teeth, it doesn’t glide. fine when cutting bread but awful for an apple :/
is that normal for damascus?
No, my Damascus knives hold an edge well. From the picture it looks like it’s chipping along the seams between the metal layers, which is a bad sign. Folded steel should still be fully welded together if done correctly. Have you tried resharpening it from scratch? The edge on it looks pretty wacky.
From the picture it looks like it’s chipping along the seams between the metal layers, which is a bad sign.
that’s what i see, yes. i can even feel the different layers with my fingertips.
It’s a gift and i don’t trust the steel enough to resharpen from scratch. I am afraid of opening up one of those layers that end up vertical to the edge
I wouldn’t buy this knife but now that it’s gifted, i don’t want to break it either :/
Do you know who the manufacturer is?
It looks like Pakistani damascus, which is usually poor quality.
It is not normal for damascus but there could be a lot of factors here. How are you sharpening it? What sharpening system or sharpener are you using? Who made the knife? Can you talk more about the manufacturer?
a knife maker from France: Patrice Etoc. He forges the damascus himself.
for now i only touched the edge slightly with a ceramic rod.
I would certainly reach out to the maker directly. That seems like a real issue if he’s forging the blades himself.
thanks, we will try to reach out to him to hear what he has to say
photo i took the day i received the knife
photo i took today after getting rid of that 50° angle
that damascus layer looks more like a crack now 🤷
