Product Overview
This beautiful Shed Antler handle on a Damascus Ulu Blade.
An ulu is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik, and Aleut women. The knife can be used in a variety of diverse ways such as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a child's hair, cutting food, and sometimes even trimming blocks of snow and ice used to build an igloo.
The weight of the knife is 8.99 ounces and the dimensions of the DM 005 Knife closed are 5.44" x 3.77" x 0.88". The SKU is DM 005 001. The knife comes with the pictured leather sheath.
During the winter season, moose shed their antlers before regrowing them in the spring. The shedding process, also known as casting, is a normal event that occurs annually for many male cervids—a group of hoofed mammals like moose, deer and elk.
Damascus steel is a type of steel easily recognisable by its wavy patterned design. Aside from its sleek look and beautiful aesthetics, Damascus steel is highly valued as it is hard and flexible while maintaining a sharp edge. Weapons forged from Damascus steel were far superior to those formed from just iron. It a combination of carbon steel and regular steel that is folded 71 times.
Features:
- Shed Antler Handle
- Ulu
- Damascus Blade
- Carbon and regular Steel
- Folded 71 time
- Carbon and regular Steel
