The blade of this knife is made two layers of laminated steel one very hard to keep a keen edge the other softer for toughness and durability hammer forged into one piece like samurai swords and super sharp.
What are laminated steel tools made of.
Chris over at galoot tools imports laid steel replacement blades they are thick and not tapered but nice blades.
Stellite 100 can be laminated by brazing to a softer mild steel such as en3a or low carbon steel such as en8 or even en24t alloy steel without losing its hardness.
I ve done this many times as described to make router cutters and stellite is quite easy to hone and has good hot hardness to around 500c so can be also used for.
The tool must be able to withstand the heat generated in the metal material cutting process or non metal material cutting process.
David the japanese tools are laminated in a similar manner i converted a chisel over to western.