The design of this beautiful hunting knife follows the core principles of Swedish minimalism – it should be simple, stylish, and functional. To that, we add a really good cutting steel, our laminated cobalt steel, among the best we can offer. If you are tired of knives that dull as soon as they sense the presence of a moose or a wild boar, SK2 Embla is one of the best and most enjoyable options we can provide. Of course, the edge is convex, the sharpest/strongest edge construction we know of, and also the oldest in human history. For handle material, we have chosen desert ironwood, an incredibly hard and dense type of wood, so heavy that it doesn't float. You maintain it with furniture polish, gun oil, or other liquids containing thinner and linseed oil. Should the knife accidentally become dull, you use a DC4 combination stone. A black, low-hanging leather sheath houses the knife when not in use. In Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Höner (Vile), and Lodur (Ve) created the first humans from two tree trunks they found on the seashore. One trunk was an ash, hence named Ask, and the other was an elm, named Embla, which means small elm. Odin breathed life into them, Höner gave them understanding and the ability to move, Lodur endowed them with feelings and senses. Midgard became their home. The name Embla is very old and can at least be traced back to the Swedish Viking Age or the period from 700 to 1100 AD. Viking women were equal to their men and accompanied them on their journeys. The Vikings were feared for their martial skills but also upheld the peace of women and the peace of the assembly. Approximately 1500 Swedish women bear this name. The name Embla is mentioned in the Edda poems, which are more than a thousand years old.