Marttiini Eagle Damascus Knife

The bronze ferrule equipped Eagle Damascus knife combines the classic Marttiini eagle ferrule made from bronze with a beautifully patterned Damascus blade. The blade is made from stainless Damascus steel, where, by means of special technology two different top-grade steels are combined into 120 layers. The interlayering of the two different steels brings out the beautiful pattern on the blade.

The handle is made from heat-treated Finnish curly birch with bronze ferrules. The knives are numbered by the production year, making each knife is a unique collector’s item.

The Eagle Damascus is delivered in an elegant wooden gift box.

The Damascus blade is produced by combining two different steel grades (Cr 14% and 18%; C 1.05% and 0.6%) in thin layers. The blade has 120 layers which are embedded to each other under high pressure at high temperature. The result is a very nicely textured, stainless, and very hard (HRC 60) blade that stays sharp for a long time.

The traditional material used for Finnish knife handles is curly birch. The wood comes from the curly birch belt in Central Finland. The blaze-patterned curly birch is an excellent material for knife handles, because it’s durable and beautiful. Curly birch is available on the market in limited amounts, which rises the price notably higher than regular birch.

The leather sheaths of Marttiini knives are made of either vegetable or chrome tanned ox hide. The leather hides are purchased from both Europe and South America. The sheaths are made of both dyed and natural colored leather. The knife sheaths are still made mostly by hand. Each sheath has to be exactly the right size and shape, so it forms a fitting pair with the knife. A section of the leather is cut with a die cut tool, and the seams are glued before sewing. Most sheaths have a plastic skeleton inside that supports the sheath and prevents the blade from cutting the leather sheath. The printing on the sheath is made on either the cut leather piece or the finished sheath. Rivets, and in some cases a bronze collar band, strengthen and adorn the sheath.

Blade length: 10 cm
Overall length: 22.5 cm
Blade material: Stainless Damascus steel
Handle material: Heat-treated curly birch and bronze
Sheathe material: Leather with Damascus pattern
Packaging: Giftbox