i lost that one by a pound, the blade was what i was after, the handle someone had commented on as being a burmese parasol handle. ah, well, wasn't going to risk more especially when the postage from germany was not mentioned. i had visions of putting a more culturally correct grip on it.
the laminations look more like just straight laminated steel, not hairpins.
nice blade, whoever put the parasol handle on it was in an altered state at the time...i initially thought it was a large bread knife
