Our all products is purpose built to perform for years and years. Knife has robust construction with its thickness 5 mm. Full Tang Blade Without Weld. Blade is folded 8 times Of 1095 and 15N20 giving approximately 512 Layers in this awesome Pattern. Fantastic Damascus Blade of the knife is the result of hours and hours of forging. Not many custom makers can keep such pattern of layers upon layers flowing all the way to the edge of the blade, which creates a saw-blade effect at microscopic level, allowing the blade to keep cutting while other blades have dulled. Blade was given excellent heat treatment and posses very good edge holding and retention for relentless performance. 5 mm thick blade has fantastic hand grinds on both sides with top side left with a false edge. Our chef knives thickness is different.