Hammered Damascus Kitchen Knife Set, 5 Pc with Leather Roll

What Is Our 5-Piece Hammered Damascus Kitchen Knife Set?

Our 5-Piece Hammered Damascus Kitchen Knife Set pairs folded-layer Damascus blades at 58 to 60 HRC with hand-shaped wood handles, brass and steel pins, and polished steel pommel caps. Every blade shows the layered wave pattern under a heavy scaled hammer texture, and a leather roll is included.

Read the care section before buying. Folded-layer Damascus is built on carbon steels and needs drying and oiling after use. Browse the wider range in our kitchen knife sets collection.

What Is Included in Our Damascus Knife Set?

• 1 chef knife
• 1 slicing knife
• 1 nakiri cleaver
• 1 santoku knife
• 1 petty knife
• 1 leather roll

Every piece shares the same handle build, pommel cap, and blade finish, so the set reads as one coordinated kit rather than five unrelated knives.

What Is Folded Layer Damascus?

Two steels are forge-welded into a billet, then folded and re-welded repeatedly to multiply the layer count. Etching afterwards darkens one steel and leaves the other bright, which is what produces the wave pattern running through every blade in this set.

The pattern is structural rather than applied. It goes through the full thickness of the steel, so it stays visible through years of sharpening rather than wearing off like a coating or an etched surface design.

Folded-layer Damascus is built on carbon steels, which is why it needs more attention than stainless. Compare it against stainless, carbon, and tool steels in our knife steel guide. Cooks who want the same blade profiles with no maintenance routine should look at our 5-Piece J2 Stainless Steel Kitchen Knife Set instead.

What Are the Estimated Knife Measurements?

Confirm against the set you receive, since every knife is forged and finished by hand.

What Are the Chef Knife Measurements?

The longest blade in the set handles chopping, slicing, dicing, and general preparation. Compare individual pieces in our handmade chef knives collection.

• Blade length: approximately 8 inches
• Handle length: approximately 5 inches
• Overall length: approximately 13 inches

What Are the Slicing Knife Measurements?

The narrower blade and long edge suit brisket, roast, poultry, and fish, where one clean draw matters more than a rocking motion.

• Blade length: approximately 7.5 inches
• Handle length: approximately 5 inches
• Overall length: approximately 12.5 inches

What Are the Nakiri Cleaver Measurements?

The tall rectangular blade gives knuckle clearance above the board and a wide face for moving prepared ingredients to the pan. The flat edge meets the board along its full length on every push cut.

• Blade length: approximately 7 inches
• Blade width: approximately 3 inches
• Handle length: approximately 5 inches
• Overall length: approximately 12 inches

Use it for vegetables, herbs, fruit, and boneless cuts. Avoid bone and frozen food, since a blade at 58 to 60 HRC chips rather than bends.

What Are the Santoku Knife Measurements?

The shorter, flatter profile suits push cutting on a smaller board, and works well for vegetables, herbs, and boneless meat.

• Blade length: approximately 6.5 inches
• Handle length: approximately 4.75 inches
• Overall length: approximately 11.25 inches

What Are the Petty Knife Measurements?

The shortest blade gives the most control for peeling, trimming, segmenting citrus, and detail cuts held in hand rather than on the board.

• Blade length: approximately 5 inches
• Handle length: approximately 4.75 inches
• Overall length: approximately 9.75 inches

Measurements are approximate because every blade is forged and ground by hand, so small variations between individual sets are normal.

What Are the Blade Specifications?

What Does the Scaled Hammer Texture Do?

The overlapping dimples worked across each blade face reduce the contact area between steel and food. Air breaks the suction that makes potato, cucumber, and apple slices cling to a flat blade, so cut pieces drop away instead of stacking on the side.

Grind geometry behind the edge affects food release more than surface texture does, so treat the hammered face as a useful addition rather than a complete fix for sticking.

The texture also interacts with the Damascus pattern. Each dimple cuts to a slightly different depth into the layered steel, so the wave pattern reads differently inside every hollow. That is why the blades look busier than a flat-ground Damascus knife, and why no two are identical.

What Makes the Handles Distinctive?

Each handle is shaped from hardwood with a pronounced curve through the grip, swelling at the palm and narrowing toward the blade. The shape suits a full grip where the whole hand wraps the handle, and it locates the same way every time you pick the knife up.

Brass and steel pins run through the full tang, and a polished steel cap finishes the butt at an angle. The cap adds mass behind the hand, which pulls the balance point back toward your grip instead of leaving the knife nose-heavy.

The scales run directly to the blade with no bolster. That keeps the handle lighter and leaves no bolster seam to collect residue, but it also means nothing physically stops your index finger sliding forward, so a pinch grip on the blade spine is the safer hold.

Wood is porous, so keep the handles dry and treat them occasionally with a food-safe oil. Grain varies between pieces because every scale is cut and shaped by hand.

What Does the Leather Roll Provide?

The leather roll gives each blade its own slot, keeping edges apart during storage and transport. The roll format suits home kitchens, catering work, culinary students, and gifting.

Use it for carrying rather than permanent storage. Leather holds humidity against steel, and a carbon Damascus set left rolled up for weeks will come out spotted. Keep the knives on a rack or in a block between uses.

How Should You Care for Folded Layer Damascus?

Folded-layer Damascus is built on carbon steels and is not stainless. It needs more attention than a stainless blade, and the routine is short but non-negotiable.

Wash each knife by hand with mild soap and warm water, then dry the blade, pins, pommel, and handle immediately. Not eventually. A wet carbon blade left on the board will start to spot within hours.

Apply a thin coat of food-safe mineral oil to the blades after drying, and reapply before any period of storage. Oiling is what keeps the pattern contrast clean and the steel free of rust.

Expect the blades to darken with use, faster if you cut onion, citrus, or tomato. That greying is patina and it is protective. Reddish-brown powder that rubs off is rust and needs removing with a mild abrasive.

Keep the set out of the dishwasher entirely. Cut on wood or a knife-friendly synthetic board rather than glass, stone, or steel, since our cutting board guide covers how much edge damage a hard surface causes. Sharpen when performance drops using our knife sharpening guide, taking care to preserve the hammered texture above the bevel.

The blades arrive sharp. Open the package carefully and keep the set out of reach of children.

Why Choose Our Hammered Damascus Knife Set?

Choose our set for its five complementary blade profiles at 58 to 60 HRC, folded-layer Damascus with the pattern running through the steel, scaled hammer texture that helps slices release, curved wood handles with brass and steel pins, polished steel pommel caps, and an included leather roll.

Buyers who want a pool-and-eye pattern with wenge handles should compare our 5-Piece Raindrop Damascus Chef Knife Set. Those after copper lines through the pattern can look at our 5-Piece Copper Damascus Chef Knife Set.