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Knives with stories and history.

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UNIQUE DANISH DESIGN

In the workshop

Every step.By Jacob's own hands.

Jacob goes through every step himself. Follow one blade from the fire to the cold, finished steel.

Steel heating in a forge fire
i.
HeatJacob puts the steel into the fire.
Jacob shaping hot steel under a press
ii.
ShapeHe presses the hot steel into form.
Jacob grinding a blade at the wheel
iii.
GrindHe grinds in the profile and the bevels.
Close-up of a Damascus blade surface in Jacob's hand
iv.
SurfaceThe pattern in the steel comes through.
Jacob checking a blade by eye
v.
InspectHe checks the blade by eye, line by line.
Jacob testing the edge on paper
vi.
EdgeHe sharpens the edge, then tests it on paper.

From the soul

EX-ANIMO III

Made to last a lifetime.

73Layers, Damascus
VG10Core steel
200First release / per model
Make the collection yours

Danish design. Art with an edge.

Knife maker and chef Jacob Bech is responsible for design and quality.

First release: only 200 knives of each model.

EX-ANIMO III Damascus knife set: six knives displayed on a wooden stand.

The complete collection

All six knives,
one soul.

Limited-edition, hand-finished knives.
Each with a story of its own.
Damascus you can feel.

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Knife stand sold separately.

The everyday collection

RAW OAK

Workhorse knives named after the Norse gods.

Inspired by Scandinavian nature and the large oak tree behind Jacob’s childhood home. Stabilised oak handles, some fumed with our own oak-fuming method, others burnt, so no two are the same. Made in small batches in our workshop, every edge sharpened by hand.

Steel9Cr18MoV
Hardness61 HRC
Per knife, per batchMax 300
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RAW OAK knife set of four with stabilised oak handles
RICEKNIFE FORGE Blood & Fire chef’s knife with copper and brass Damascus blade and African ebony handle

The FORGE series

FORGE

Paying attention when something unexpected creates a new possibility.

FORGE explores the character that can appear during the creative process. Blood & Fire began when a rough-ground blade, intended for another hammered project, unexpectedly went through heat treatment. The surface it revealed became the foundation for a new design.

  • CoreVG10
  • BladeCopper Damascus
  • HandleAfrican ebony
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Damascus collection · First 2026 run

EX-ANIMO III

Ex animo, Latin for “from the soul”.

Six knives about the courage to express who you are and follow your own path. Designed by Jacob Bech and Shanru Lin, from the first sketches to the finished knives, and made in small batches in our workshop.

YOLO III·AMOR II·TIGRITUDE III·VALKYRIE III·SHARK II·CARBON I

Designs
6
Damascus
73 layers
First 2026 run
200 of each
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The six EX-ANIMO III Damascus knives standing together on a wooden knife stand
ECLIPSES III Damascus steak knife and fork set, eight pieces with four handle woods

Steak knives & forks · 8 pieces

ECLIPSES III

Four woods, under the same moon.

Four steak knives and four matching forks, each pair in its own wood: Bocote, European Boxwood, Cocobolo and Ebony. Every piece is 67-layer Damascus steel with a VG10 core. Presented in two black gift boxes.

Layers
67
Core
VG10
HRC
62 ± 2
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RICEKNIFE HAP40 knife with a handle of Danish bog oak
Halsskov fjord · tree-ring dated

The HAP40 project

HAP40 Bog Oak

Japanese steel, and Danish oak more than 7,000 years old.

The HAP40 project combines Japanese HAP40 steel with Danish bog oak documented as more than 7,000 years old, together with contemporary red oak and a brass balance pin.

We preserve a copy of the National Museum of Denmark’s 1990 letter about oak trunks discovered in the former Halsskov fjord, alongside Moesgaard Museum’s tree-ring dating of the wood.

  • SteelHAP40
  • Bog oak7,000+ yrs
  • Balance pinBrass
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RICEKNIFE Professional sharpening set with diamond stones

Dragon Scale · Sharpening

Sharpening Tools

Built for practical skill, not the largest setup.

Jacob Bech spent five years developing the RICEKNIFE sharpening system: diamond stones, leather strops, holders and angle guides. Choose the Beginner, Chef or Professional set. The Professional set also includes Diamond Stropping Compound.

Developed
5 years
Sets
3 sets
Lessons
Private
T10 carbon steel · K-tip chef's knife

T10 Coffee Etch

Pre-patinated. Every blade takes it differently.

A 220 mm K-tip chef's knife for meat, fish and vegetables. T10 carbon steel, hardened to 67 HRC, with a coffee pre-patina. Jacob pre-patinates every blade, so it arrives dark instead of bright.

  • Hardness67 HRC
  • Blade220 mm
  • Weight158 g
T10 Coffee Etch K-tip chef's knife in T10 carbon steel with a dark coffee pre-patina on the blade
RICEKNIFE Damascus oyster knife with its point set into the hinge of an oyster, held in hand

Coreless Damascus

Oyster knife

A slim point, steel behind it.

Coreless Damascus, ground from four sides: a slim point for the hinge, with steel kept along the centre. Choose a cocobolo, ebony or snakewood handle. Every oyster knife comes in a box with a paper sheath.

  • Grind4 sides
  • Blade73 mm
  • Handles3 woods
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Scandinavian oak · Designed in Denmark

End-Grain Oak

The fibres stand upright, so the knife edge goes down between them.

A 4.5 cm block of Scandinavian oak, finished with Jacob Bech's own wax: organic beeswax and food-grade mineral oil. Each board ships with that wax and Jacob's Board Care card. It can be sanded or resurfaced, so it is made to last for decades.

  • WoodOak
  • Thickness4.5 cm
  • Sizes3
RICEKNIFE end-grain oak cutting board, Medium 45 × 32 cm, on grey marble
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