OTTER MERCATOR knife ruthenium damascus blade

OTTER MERCATOR Messer groß Ruthenium Damastklinge

OTTER MERCATOR knife ruthenium damascus blade

€239.00*

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Available, delivery time: 1-3 days

Product number: 10-526-rg-D-O03

The Mercator knife with ruthenium coating
This noble knife captivates with its new coating - the surface of the knife shines dark anthracite.
Ruthenium is a precious metal and one of the rarest elements on our planet. About 20 tons of it are produced worldwide, which is 7 tons more than silver. Ruthenium is mainly found in South Africa, the USA and Russia.
Ruthenium is mainly used in the electrical industry and for coating jewellery. In addition, the knife has been refined with a hand-forged damascus blade from Schmiedeglut. The non-stainless damascus has a beautiful damask pattern, consists of 200 layers and has a value of 60-62 HRC Rockwell.

Actually, the Mercator version is intended for the food industry, but we find this puristic knife also very suitable as a gentleman's knife. Body and blade are made entirely of stainless steel. The OTTER logo, the sea otter, is embossed on the body. Even the army of Kaiser Wilhelm was equipped with Mercator pocket knives. For over 100 years, this simple but extremely robust pocket knife has been produced almost unchanged. Formerly in the famous Solingen blade forge "Mercator"-Indiawerk Heinrich Kaufmann & Söhne.

blade	carbon damascus not stainless
handle	ruthenium
blade length	ca. 90 mm
handle length	ca. 110 mm
weight	ca. 80 g

Made in Solingen, Germany.

OTTER Solingen

OTTER knives GmbH

The Otter company was founded around 1840 in a small cottage – a traditional water-powered grinding shop – at the Königsmühle in Solingen. Its name comes from the fish otters that used to live on the banks of the streams and rivers in the Bergisches Land. These adorn the products as the company's logo.

OTTER-Messer GmbH - Schwertstraße 35 - 42651 Solingen

contact: info@otter-messer.de

Note: As this item is a handmade, unique piece made from a natural product, there may be differences between the product images shown and the goods delivered.