Viking knives with a sheath
Huusk Hand Forged Viking Knife, Brown
- Sheath included
- Handle: Brown
4.4 · 2,434 ratings
$24.98
01Hand forged Japan knives · 12 pieces
Huusk hand forged Japan knives
The blade the name is known for: forged, hammered, full tang, and usually in a sheath.
02What decides it
What the forged shape does that a chef knife does not
The blade the brand is known for: a hand forged high carbon chef knife with a hammered flat, a full tang and a leather sheath.
This is where Huusk started and it is still the shelf people arrive looking for. The shape is somewhere between a chef knife and a small cleaver, heavy enough to go through a squash and narrow enough to turn in an onion.
What tells one of these from the next is the handle and the finish rather than the geometry: ebony, rosewood, resin, a hammered flat or a polished one. The weight lands just in front of your fingers on all of them, and people who own one tend to reach for it before anything else in the block. Seven of the twelve on this shelf ship with a sheath, which matters more than it sounds, because a forged edge in a loose drawer is how both the edge and the fingertips get ruined.
Viking knives with a sheath
7 piecesViking knives with a sheath
Huusk Viking Knife
- Leather sheath included
4.5 · 1,794 ratings
$32.73
Viking knives with a sheath
Huusk Viking Knife, Silver
- Leather sheath included
- Handle: Silver
4.5 · 1,289 ratings
$22.97
Viking knives with a sheath
Huusk Viking Knife, Green
- Leather sheath included
- Handle: Green
4.5 · 1,289 ratings
$24.98
Viking knives with a sheath
Huusk Viking Knife, Stainless
- Stainless steel
- Sheath included
- Handle: Stainless
$139.49
Viking knives with a sheath
Huusk Japan Knife
- Full tang
- Sheath included
$49.99
Viking knives with a sheath
Huusk Knife Japan, 3.5"
- 3.5" blade
- Sheath included
$35.99
Hand forged Japan knives
5 pieces
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Japan Knife, Silver
- Full tang
- Sheath included
- Handle: Silver
$59.99
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Japan Knife, 8", Black
- 8" blade
- Stainless steel
- Sheath included
$48.85
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Japan Knife, 2 pieces
- 2 pieces · $29.24 each
- Sheath included
$58.48
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Japan Knife, 8", Damascus
- 8" blade
- Damascus pattern steel
- Handle: Damascus
$59.53
Hand forged Japan knives
Huusk Knife From Japan, 6"
- 6" blade
- Full tang
- Sheath included
$39.99
03Asked on this shelf
Huusk hand forged Japan knives: questions
The three things people ask us about hand forged japan knives before they choose one.
What will the Huusk hand forged knife do that your chef knife will not?
The shape. It sits between a chef knife and a small cleaver: taller at the heel so your knuckles clear the board, heavy enough at the front to fall through a squash, and narrow enough to turn inside an onion. The hammered flat is the record of the forging rather than a texture applied afterwards.
Will your Huusk viking knife arrive with a sheath?
Most of this shelf does, and the card says so. It matters more than it sounds: a forged edge loose in a drawer meets a spoon and loses, and the first chip is the one you never stop noticing.
Can you use a Huusk hand forged knife for camping as well as the kitchen?
People do, and the sheath is why. A full tang and a sheathed blade travel. What does not travel well is high carbon steel in a damp pack, so dry it before it goes back in the leather rather than after.
One button, the whole Huusk range
Every blade length, steel and piece count in the Huusk range sits behind this button, with the current price beside it. Pick the job, check the blade against the board you own, and it ships from our retail partner.