She-Wolf (stainless bulat)

A bulat steel with chromium addition from the Zhbanov forge. A few words about the term "bulat steel with chromium", which in itself is an oxymoron. It is commonly known that historical bulat steel contained iron and carbon. The only additive 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 steel, i.e., carbon steel. The problem with carbon bulat steel 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 water that they didn't wipe off the previous day. Therefore, Russian blacksmiths sometimes add chromium to the alloy, and what is created is called "stainless bulat steel". This category includes knives from the Zhbanov forge, also known as the "Bulatny nozh" company. All stainless damascus steels from Zhbanov are hardened in such a way that the hardness on the cutting edge is 64 and on the tang 62 HRC.

She-Wolf (a close relative of another knife from this manufacturer called Wolf, which is also available in a knife) is a large hunting knife with a fairly wide drop point blade with a wave-shaped cutting edge. Low hollow grind. The black hornbeam handle is finished with melchior casts on both sides and is shaped to fit the fingers. Leather sheath, Finnish type, with embossed drawing.

Total length: 275 mm

Blade length: 150 mm

Blade thickness (max.): 4 mm

Blade width (max.): 38 mm

Handle length: 124 mm

Steel (according to the Russian designation): bulat steel with the addition of chrome

Leather sheath.

Producer: Zhbanov Forge (Bulatny nozh), Russian Federation