At Knifeworks, you're buying from an authorized Helle dealer: every blade blank in this lineup is the exact same razor-sharp, hand-ground steel used in Helle's finished production knives before handle scales are attached, crafted through up to 45 manual production steps in Holmedal, Norway. Available in full-tang and traditional stick-tang configurations, these blanks arrive fully heat-treated, polished, and pre-sharpened with true Scandinavian edge geometry, in Helle's H3LS Triple-Laminated Stainless or Sandvik 12C27 / 14C28N steels. Call 888-225-9775 — we carry these knives daily.