Wolf (stainless bulat)

A chromium-added crucible bulat from the Zbanowa forge.A few words regarding 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 admixture revealed in historical products on a larger scale was phosphorus (up to 0.15%). Modern 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 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 "Bulat noz" company. All stainless bulat steel from Zhbanov is hardened in such a way that the hardness on the cutting edge is 64 and on the butt is 62 HRC.

The Wolf is a large knife with a rather wide drop point blade. Low concave grind. The handle, made of black hornbeam and finished with nickel silver bolsters on both sides, is contoured for the fingers.The upper bolsterallows for attaching a lanyard or wrist loop. Leather sheath, push-in type, Finnish style.

Overall length: 270 mm

Blade length: 145 mm

Blade thickness (max.):4mm

Blade width (max.): 38 mm

Handle length:122mm

Steel (according to Russian designation): bulat with chromium addition

Leather sheath.

Manufacturer: Zhbanov Forge (Bulatnyj noz), Russian Federation