Chevron Thierry Old School wootz Damascus mammoth
The Old School is a folding knife by Thierry Chevron, with a wootz Damascus steel blade, mammoth ivory scales and a completely hand-engraved filler piece.
Features
- Blade length: 9.5 cm, with a false edge
- Steel: wootz Damascus
- Opening: front flipper
- Bolsters: carbon Damascus
- Scales: screwed on, mammoth ivory
- Liners: grade 5 titanium
- Filler piece: completely hand-engraved
- Lock: liner lock
- Open length: 21 cm
- Weight: 123 g
Wootz is a type of Indian steel formerly used mainly for sabre blades. It is one of the earliest known crucible steels, with production attested around 300 BC. Made famous in the Middle East as Damascus steel, it was used to make blades renowned for their hardness. Today the term ‘Damascus’ mainly refers to pattern-welded steels, and wootz-type steels are sometimes called ‘true Damascus’.
