Güde Knives Güde Traditions-Manufacture in Solingen, inventor of the serrated edge for bread knives. Güde knives are forged from a single piece of Solingen steel and are hand-finished and sharpened, with a hardness of 56 HRC. Handles made from old oak barrels, olive wood, or POM. Special series of hand-forged Damascus, 300 layers of non-corrosive Damascus, hardness 61 HRC, handles made from desert ironwood (fossilized wood). Güde Preparation Knife The Güde preparation knife is hand-forged from stainless knife steel. The Güde preparation knife is ideal for vegetables, fish, and meat. The Güde preparation knife features an oak wood handle. This oak wood from wine barrels is over 80 years old and has been specially selected for the Güde knife series Fasseiche. Special features include molybdenum-vanadium steel, hand-forged, stainless, handle made from barrel oak, smooth grind, handle not dishwasher safe, produced in over 40 work steps.