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ECLIPSES IIIDamascus Steak Knife & Fork Set · 8 Pieces

Name: ECLIPSES III Damascus Steak Knife & Fork Set – 8 Pieces
Brand: Riceknife
SKU: ECLIPSESCUTLERY
Price: 2609.00 DKK
Availability: InStock

Set four places, each in its own wood.

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阴晴圆缺

Golden Bocote, pale European Boxwood, red-brown Cocobolo and dark Ebony. Choose your favourite pair, then let your guests choose theirs.

Four very sharp steak and utility knives, with thin, hand-sharpened blades and substantial hardwood handles. Four matching forks. Every knife and fork is made from 67-layer Damascus steel with a VG10 core.

Designed by Scandinavian chef Jacob Bech and Creative Director Shanru Lin. Made in small batches. Presented in two black gift boxes with a RICEKNIFE knife certificate.

100-day returns or exchanges for faulty products.

Prefer all four pairs in one wood? Write Bocote, European Boxwood, Cocobolo or Ebony in the order notes at checkout. For help choosing, message Jacob.

Thin at the blade. Substantial in the hand.

Each ECLIPSES III blade is thin, finely ground and hand-sharpened to a plain edge. The VG10 core forms that edge; the surrounding Damascus layers give the steel its rippled pattern. A hardwood handle and thick stainless-steel pommel give the knife the substantial feel Jacob wanted.

“Very thin. Very sharp. But with real substance.”

Jacob Bech · ECLIPSES III knife certificate · Batch November 2025

Slice vegetables, sausage or boneless meat while you prepare dinner. Wash and dry the knife, then bring it to the table for steak and grilled meat.

The Damascus fork, four years in the making.

Two years of the fork's four-year development went into the curve of its head, through repeated mould trials and revisions. Its shape and angle were refined for the way a fork is held and used at the table.

Each fork uses the same 67-layer Damascus steel with a VG10 core as its matching knife, with both handles in the same wood.

Four woods, under the same moon.

YIN, QING, YUAN and QUE take their names from 阴晴圆缺 in Su Shi's poem Shuidiao Getou, written in 1076. It is a poem of parting and reunion, and of sharing the moon across a great distance.

人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。
但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

People know sorrow and joy, parting and reunion;
the moon is clouded or clear, full or waning.
In such matters, perfection has always been hard to find.
May we live long, sharing the moon's beauty though a thousand miles apart.

Su Shi · Shuidiao Getou · English rendering for RICEKNIFE

Each of the four names belongs to a different wood in the ECLIPSES III set.

阴YIN · Bocote

The clouded moon.

Golden tones traced with dark, flowing grain.

晴QING · European Boxwood

The clear moon.

Pale wood with a fine, even grain.

圆YUAN · Cocobolo

The full moon.

Warm red-brown tones and richly figured grain.

缺QUE · Ebony

The waning moon.

A dark handle that gives the four-wood setting its contrast.

Colour and grain vary naturally. The standard set includes one knife-and-fork pair in each wood.

Two months to prepare each knife handle.

ECLIPSES YIN knife with a Bocote wood handle, three rivets and a stainless-steel pommel — YIN · Bocote handle

Preparing the wooden knife handles takes two months, including vacuum stabilisation. Each is then waxed and polished by hand with Danish beeswax blended with food-grade mineral oil.

We chose the four woods for their density, hardness and appearance. The finish brings out the grain and can be renewed with suitable handle-care wax as the set is used.

FOUR WOODS · ONE SHARED SCALE

Wood hardness, in context

Published Janka hardness measures resistance to indentation. Longer bars indicate a higher value.

THE FOUR ECLIPSES WOODS

YIN · Bocote2,010 lbf

QING · European Boxwood2,940 lbf

YUAN · Cocobolo2,960 lbf

QUE · Gaboon ebony3,080 lbf

REFERENCE WOODS

European beech1,450 lbf

Black walnut1,010 lbf

Rubberwood960 lbf

European Boxwood and Cocobolo have very similar published hardness values: 2,940 and 2,960 lbf.

Source: The Wood Database. These are published wood-species reference values, not tests of our stabilised handles or predictions of their lifespan. QUE uses Gaboon ebony (Diospyros crassiflora).

View species, values and sources

Wood / species	Janka · lbf
Bocote Cordia spp.	2,010
European Boxwood Buxus sempervirens	2,940
Cocobolo Dalbergia retusa	2,960
Gaboon ebony Diospyros crassiflora	3,080
European beech Fagus sylvatica	1,450
Black walnut Juglans nigra	1,010
Rubberwood Hevea brasiliensis	960

What's in the eight-piece set?

Contents

4 steak and utility knives + 4 matching forks, for 4 people

Steel

67-layer Damascus steel with a VG10 core in both knives and forks

Brand hardness specification

62 ± 2 HRC, knives and forks

Knife edge

Plain, non-serrated and hand-sharpened

Knife

23 cm overall · 105 g each (approximately 9.1 in · 3.7 oz)

Fork

22.3 cm overall · 73 g each (approximately 8.8 in · 2.6 oz)

Woods

Bocote, European Boxwood, Cocobolo and Gaboon ebony (Diospyros crassiflora)

Knife handles

Vacuum-stabilised, waxed and polished by hand

Knife pommels

Stainless steel

Packaging

2 black gift boxes, one for the knives and one for the forks

Included

RICEKNIFE knife certificate

Design

Jacob Bech and Creative Director Shanru Lin · RICEKNIFE

A gift that comes to the table.

For a wedding, an anniversary or a new home, choose a gift for someone who enjoys cooking and gathering people around a table. The knives arrive in one black gift box and the forks in the other, with a RICEKNIFE knife certificate.

Lay out the four pairs for the next dinner you share, and let each guest choose a wood.

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Care for the wood. Keep the edge sharp.

Wash each piece by hand with mild detergent and a soft sponge, then dry straight away. Avoid the dishwasher and prolonged soaking. Renew the wood finish with suitable handle-care wax as needed, and store the knives with their edges protected.

Keep the blades clear of bones and frozen food, and avoid twisting them in a cut. Sharpen when clean slicing begins to require more pressure. Keep these very sharp knives safely out of children's reach.

International shipping

Choose how your import duties and taxes are handled.

DDP · Delivered Duty Paid
Choose DDP delivery for RICEKNIFE to cover the applicable import duties and taxes. Shipping is charged separately.

DAP · Delivered at Place
We also offer DAP delivery if you prefer to pay the applicable import duties and taxes yourself.

Before you choose

What if there is a fault with my set?

If there is a fault with your set, contact us within 100 days of receiving it to arrange a return or exchange.

Do the forks also have a VG10 core?

Yes. Every knife and fork in the ECLIPSES III set uses 67-layer Damascus steel with a VG10 core.

How hard is the steel?

RICEKNIFE specifies 62 ± 2 HRC for both the knives and the forks.

Can I use the knives for kitchen preparation?

Yes. ECLIPSES III knives are utility knives as well as steak knives. Use them on a suitable cutting board for vegetables, sausage and boneless meat.

Can all four pairs be the same wood?

Yes. Write your chosen wood in the order notes at checkout: Bocote, European Boxwood, Cocobolo or Ebony. Colour and grain will still vary naturally between pieces.

Will dinner plates wear the edges?

Hard plates can wear a fine knife edge. Use a controlled slicing stroke, avoid pressing or scraping the edge against the plate, and sharpen when needed.