Petty 165mm Meuchi Eel spike

Petty 165mm Meuchi Eel spikePetty 165x40mm, San ma hand forged from 26C3 high carbon steel core and wrought iron cladding in Sheffield. Thin blade with nimble tip. Distal taper from 3. 2mm at the handle to 2mm mid blade to 0. 7mm at the tip. Harden at 64 65HRC Kurouchi blade, flat double bevel, Etched. Weight : 115 gr Balance point : behind the maker mark Wa handle made from 2 piece of locally grown Ebonised English Oak (Sheffield) and black walnut 150mm length Overall length :

Tip to heel length: 150mm

10mm at the handle to 2mm mid blade to 1mm at the tip

Weight : 46 gr

Small knife but with a very good shape

Wa handle made of (very) old English oak (Quercus robur)

Spine thickness at handle : 4

Balance point: 20mm from the heel

hand forged form 135Cr3 in Sheffield

steel ring and forged nail

Balance point: at the heel

it's a shorter Santoku

The wrought iron for the cladding was forged in an Anchor link chain from Cornwall