Voss 10.25" Slicer Carbon Steel Hand Forged 1930's Solingen Utensil Cook Misono UX10 series is the Blade has been sharpened Misono UX10 series is the top of the line stainless knife made by Misono This one of a kind knife is the first in a series inspired by our travels to important historical knife making centers Hand forged and ground carbon steel knives like this largely ended in the mid 1960's in Solingen Germany being supplanted first by the removal of hand forging after drop forging and later by stainless steel and less hand grinding Stainless steel became very popular and the bigger names in Solingen began to produce larger quantities of knives with less hand work in the 1970's onward