This 'K-tip chef' style kitchen knife features a 7-5/8" long cutting edge,  1-15/16" max width blade of san mai construction. The core steel is 240 layer CruForgeV/15n20 damascus, and the jacket is 416 alloy stainless steel. The handle is made from Australian ringed gidgee wood in a classic "hidden-dowel octagonal wa" style, with a bolster of German ebonite and a hand rubbed 1000 grit/Tru Oil finish.The blade grind is a very mild convex/flat hybrid, at about a 0.120" maximum spine thickness and a mild distal taper.