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Zhen Thunder Series Damascus Knives
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Originally created more than 2,000 years ago, Damascus steel is made by folding many layers of steel together in a unique pattern. Because of this process, it’s been hailed as a super steel Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downJonathan-Le
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Feb 28, 2018
Jonathan-Le
165
Jun 10, 2018
DNyeStill very sharp and hold its edge well. Good for chopping and push cutting 'cause it has a straight edge. Look very nice on my knife rack.
peterson
24
Jan 24, 2018
What kind of the steel is in the center of the damascus core? "German steel" tells me nothing....
drakeonyou
198
Apr 4, 2018
I definitely agree. Those layers are useless without a proper core steel that with the best edge retention.
FriggaD
Jun 10, 2018
petersonFound on some other sites...."single core layer of 1.4125 martensitic stainless steel"
FriedShoe
188
Jan 29, 2018
The description is incomplete. These blades are san-mai and so they're made of a homogeneous core steel sandwiched between two layers of the pattern-welded/damascus cladding.
From the color of the etching it looks like 440C is also being used as the core steel but 440C is not usually taken to 62 HRC with the highest I've ever seen it sold at being 60 HRC. Either 440C is NOT the core steel or these knives are going to be crazy brittle without the additional edge stability that normally comes with higher hardness. There's a reason why you don't normally see steels like that taken so high; they just can't take it. 1.4125 is just another name for 440C.
The steels used in the cladding doesn't matter a whole lot unless one is not stainless and the other is so it would still be nice to know what they are.
So yeah, what's going on Massdrop? Did anyone actually verify the details for these products?
From the color of the etching it looks like 440C is also being used as the core steel but 440C is not usually taken to 62 HRC with the highest I've ever seen it sold at being 60 HRC. Either 440C is NOT the core steel or these knives are going to be crazy brittle without the additional edge stability that normally comes with higher hardness. There's a reason why you don't normally see steels like that taken so high; they just can't take it. 1.4125 is just another name for 440C.
The steels used in the cladding doesn't matter a whole lot unless one is not stainless and the other is so it would still be nice to know what they are.
So yeah, what's going on Massdrop? Did anyone actually verify the details for these products?
vinniec
7
Jun 12, 2018
I found the 8" chefs knife on amazon for $102
https://www.amazon.com/ZHEN-Thunder-Layers-German-Damascus/dp/B078BD6VSW
gabe_jung
4
Jun 10, 2018
for around this price, it seems okay. For little more, you can purchase the Misono 440c Gyotou that is made in japan. For this brand (Zhen), its everywhere in ebay and amazon and i'm skeptical where this knife is made. There is a saying, you get what you pay for.
michi-henning
7
Dec 28, 2018
I own the 101-layer damascus nakiri. Zhen claim a hardness of 62 HRC, which is unusually high for 1.1425 steel (but achievable with careful tempering).
The knife is very sharp out of the box, no issues. Fit and finishing are OK, but not great. The rivets stick out just a fraction above the surface of the wood, as do the bolsters; you can just feel a slight step up from the wood to the metal. There are small gaps on my knife where the scales meet the bolster (on one side only),
Because of the full-tang construction, and because the blade is not all that thin (2.4 mm near the bolster, 2.2 mm near the tip), the knife is heavy for a Japanese-style nakiri: exactly 250 g. For comparison, another nakiri that I own, a Sakai Takayuki 165 mm with AUS-10 hammered damascus blade and rosewood Wa handle, weighs 146 g and can be bought for the same price.
If you don't mind a heavy knife, and if your are not anal about minor fit and finishing flaws, the damascus nakiri is good value. But be prepared to use your muscles when using it. I definitely wouldn't recommend it for extended prep sessions.
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stackedkitchen
5
Apr 3, 2018
What is the steel being used for the core that cladding is placed on top of? That's the steel which would actually be doing the cutting, so that's what I'm most interested in.
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