{"id":10549,"date":"2026-08-14T09:19:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=10549"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:57:34","slug":"damascus-oyster-knife-with-african-blackwood-handle","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\/it\/prodotto\/damascus-oyster-knife-with-african-blackwood-handle\/","title":{"rendered":"Damascus Oyster Knife with African Blackwood Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"How to open an oyster\uff1f\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ewgdbeQG_XI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.riceknife.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2260\" open=\"\">\n<summary tabindex=\"0\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2260\"><strong>Specifications<\/strong><\/summary>\n<ul>\n<li>Overall Length: 160 mm<\/li>\n<li>Blade Length: 73 mm<\/li>\n<li>Handle Length: 87 mm<\/li>\n<li>Weight:\u00a0 107 g<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2261\">\n<summary tabindex=\"-1\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2261\"><strong>The Story of Jacob<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"112\"><strong>The oyster knife that reigns supreme over them all<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been a chef for many years.<br \/>\nI completed my apprenticeship at one of Denmark&#8217;s best French restaurants, Bistro Boheme, and during that period, I opened hundreds, if not thousands, of oysters every single week.<br \/>\nI used to buy the most expensive oyster knife I could get my hands on, from one of the biggest and most well-known French knife brands, and I broke at least ten of them during my apprenticeship.<br \/>\nToday, I am a knife maker, and I understand why.<\/p>\n<p>They were simply too thin behind the tip.<br \/>\nThose oyster knives were designed to be cheap to produce.<br \/>\nYou need a sharp point on an oyster knife to get in behind the oyster, but if it\u2019s too thin, it will bend.<br \/>\nIf the steel is too hard, it will break.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s why my oyster knife is ground like a medieval sword, from four sides instead of two.<br \/>\nThis design gives significantly more thickness in the middle, increasing stability and preventing the knife from bending like many others do.<\/p>\n<p>I have also spent a long time researching and testing specific heat and hardening processes for Damascus steel.<br \/>\nHardness and toughness really matter.<\/p>\n<p>Below 48 HRC:<br \/>\nThe steel is too soft. The blade can bend when twisting open stubborn oysters.<\/p>\n<p>Above 55 HRC:<br \/>\nThe steel becomes too hard, with a risk of brittle fractures or the tip snapping under torsion.<\/p>\n<p>A good oyster knife needs toughness more than edge retention.<br \/>\nThe blade doesn\u2019t cut like a chef\u2019s knife. 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