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The Elsass Knife: ALSACE Blade
- ZI 00 steel blade, high carbon content, oil-tempered
- stainless steel bolsters and fixtures
- Z20C13 steel blade-spring
- juniper-wood handle, hand-made
- forced safety-catch system: the blade edge does not blunt on closure
- shape of the knife has been inspired by the traditional Alsatian "Bludgeon? model.
- ornate blade-spring, decorated with the image of the stork, which is the emblem of the Alsace region and endowed with several virtues: good fortune, fertility, wealth, loyalty, and good health.
- juniper-wood handle, juniper being a typical wood of Alsace, the berries of which are used to season the celebrated Alsace ?choucroute? or sour cabbage dish.
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