The knife arrived quickly, was gift wrapped, and a hand written note accompanied it. It had a thick coating of something to prevent rust, I assume. This came off with washing, rather easily, I may say. It did not have a primary edge and was very dull. I had to work the secondary edge to polish and make the damascus stand out. I then put a primary edge on it at a rather acute angle and the steel held this well. This thing is razor fucking sharp now. The handle is nice, and the tang of the blade fits nicely into the handle. Overall it is a good knife. Thank you to whom ever wrote the hand written note. That was a first for me when it comes to purchasing anything on the internet!
