Otter (stainless bulat)

Chromium-added stainless bulat from the Zhbanov forge. A few words about the term "stainless bulat", which is itself an oxymoron. It is commonly known that historical bulats contained iron and carbon. The only admixture revealed in historical products on a larger scale was phosphorus (up to 0.15%). Contemporary Russian manufacturers try to produce knives from a material as close as possible to historical bulat, i.e., carbon. The problem with carbon bulat is that it is corrosive, and the customer may get upset if they find pitting on a knife worth several tens of thousands of rubles from a few drops of dew that they did not wipe off the previous day. Therefore, Russian blacksmiths sometimes add chromium to the alloy, and what is created is called "stainless bulat". This category includes knives from the Zhbanov forge, also known as the "Bulat noz" company. All stainless bulats from Zhbanov are hardened in such a way that the hardness on the cutting edge is 64 and on the butt 62 HRC.

The Otter is a short hunting knife with a relatively wide blade and a full flat grind. The knife is full tang, with handle scales made of black hornbeam. The sheath is leather, push-in, Finnish type.

Overall length: 193 mm

Blade length: 92 mm

Blade thickness (max.): 3.6 mm

Blade width (max.): 32 mm

Handle length: 102 mm

Handle made of black hornbeam

Leather sheath with decorative embossing

Manufacturer: Zhbanov workshop, Russian Federation