Kamon X Wild Deep Etched High Contrast Denty Gyuto 275mm

Perhaps the rarest of all Kamon forged knives. A Damascus! 

The blade is forged from an incredible crushed-W ladder Damascus. The Damascus was forged in Bavaria, Germany by Blacksmith Christoph Wild who worked in collaboration with Austrian artisan Benjamin Kamon to produce this beautiful piece.

The 275mm blade is forged in Benjamin’s signature precision geometry, highly tapered from a satisfying thick 6mm+ above the heel of the blade to less than 1mm at the tip. Convex bevels and a razor-sharp cutting edge complete the geometry. This tapered geometry gives Benjamin’s knives the unique sensation of feeling smaller than they are and although this is a 275mm blade it feels much smaller and is very nimble.

Benjamin has paired the stunning crushed-W ladder Damascus with a beautiful stabilised and stained masur birch featuring incredible figure that almost mimics the Damascus pattern. This handles features Benjamin’s heirloom endcaps in titanium, which gives the handle a more classical and subdued style, really letting the Damascus have the stage.

This is truly a beautiful composition, there is a tasteful harmony between the beautiful Damascus that Chris Wild produced and Benjamin Kamon’s treatment of the steel and material choices for the handle. 

A wonderful collectible and a true heirloom piece.