American 10" Flexible Slicer Hand Forged Carbon Steel Ebony Brass New Old Stock Eli has focused on forging Color:Yellow Eli has focused on forging 52100 for many many years and we have been big fans of his approach to this steel which can be finished at a big variety of hardnesses Steel has mellowed a bit with use and will not take off enough metal re bring back a very dull knife but will quickly realign a slightly flagging edge Total Length While the particular wheel used to refurbish this knife is typically used in Japanese knife making it is very similar to the old grinding wheels used to shape European and American hand ground cutlery