Product Overview
Blade steel - Cast Bulat,
Total length - 9".
Blade length - 4.25".
Handle material - Karelian birch burl-wood handle. Light, working knife. Good, comfortable grip. Handmade in Vorsma, Russia. Aleksei Zhbanov's workshop. Leather sheath included.
In Russia, chronicles record the use of a material known as bulat steel to make highly valued weapons, including swords, knives, and axes. Tsar Michael of Russia reportedly had a bulat helmet made for him in 1621. The exact origin or the manufacturing process of the bulat is unknown, but it was likely imported to Russia via Persia and Turkestan, and it was similar and possibly the same as Damascus steel.
