• Overall Length: 320 mm
• Blade Length: 185 mm
• Handle Length: 135 mm
• Core: VG10
• Hardness: 62 HRC
• Handle Material: Stabilized Red Oak Wood

This knife came into existence by accident during the development of another project.

During the testing of Ex-Animo YOLO V.3, the hammered surface turned out completely different from what I had planned. To salvage the blade, I ground it far thinner than originally intended. When it reached the limit of structural safety, I acid-etched it. A new pattern began to reveal itself, so I continued the etching and finished with an almost mirror-like polish, creating a clean, nearly three-dimensional movement across the surface.

The Handle:

Because the blade became so light and thin, it required an equally light handle. The texture had become the defining feature, so the handle needed the same character. After many attempts, I sandblasted an oval stabilized red oak handle, rough-sanded it on the wire wheel, and then hand-finished it with very fine sanding. I completed it with Riceknife’s handle wax.

The Core Steel:

VG10 is a premium stainless steel alloy containing carbon, chromium, and cobalt.
Cobalt helps stabilize hardness during heat treatment, and the high chromium content provides strong corrosion resistance. VG10 takes a sharp, durable edge trusted by many cooks.
Hardness: 62 HRC.

I shaped this knife myself from start to finish. Wood, steel, heat treatment, and edge geometry were chosen with one purpose: to create a knife that can stay with you for a lifetime.

The Name:

Both the handle and the blade were shaped through loss and given new life through persistence.
It reminded Jacob’s wife of the proverb “塞翁失马” — an old story where a man loses his horse, yet every loss carries the seed of a gain, and every gain carries the seed of a loss. What seems unfortunate may lead to something good.

Jacob Bech has personally brought this knife to life.
Wood, steel, heat treatment, and edge geometry were all crafted with one purpose:
that every knife should be able to last a lifetime.

“I hope this knife will follow you through a long and healthy life.”

// Jacob Bech
Riceknife by Linbech

Hand-forged by blacksmiths through generations. Born from mistakes. Shaped by fire. Defined by perseverance.

The FORGE Series takes its name from the way these knives come into existence — hand-forged by Jacob’s team of blacksmiths, craftsmen descended from families who have forged metal for generations. Their knowledge is inherited as much as it is learned, passed down at the anvil, one blade at a time.

But in the forge, mastery does not guarantee predictability. Some of the most remarkable blades appear when control slips, and when heat and metal react in ways no one expects. This is where the FORGE Series begins.

Blood & Fire came to life when copper-and-brass Damascus met extreme heat during a hardness test. The surface burned, the brass melted, and a raw, volcanic pattern emerged — fierce, beautiful, and impossible to recreate. The heavy blade demanded balance, and found it in African ebony, one of the densest woods in the world.

Loss & Gain arose from another forge mistake — a hammered texture that refused to take shape. The blade was ground far thinner than planned, pushed to the limits of what the steel could withstand, then acid-etched until a new pattern appeared. The result was a blade defined by survival and rebirth: light, elegant, and paired with a textured oak handle.

At the core of both knives is VG10, a premium Japanese steel enriched with carbon, chromium, and cobalt. The steel reaches an extreme hardness of 61–62 HRC, giving the series its razor-sharp edge, heat stability, and professional durability.

The FORGE Series honors the moment where craftsmanship becomes a negotiation — between generational mastery and unpredictability, between intention and chance, between the will of the smith and the rebellion of fire.

Nothing here can be repeated. Nothing is perfect. Everything is shaped through struggle.

This is FORGE.