Don, don't have a Helle, knife, though I've often looked at them at their website and in catalogs; but 'bout 6 years ago,before a started grinding my own, I bought one of the Norwegian laminated blades and made a small hunting knife out of it. I'm assuming helle uses about the same kind of steel, maybe better. Still have that knife, and use it quite a bit as a utility, around the property blade cause that steel takes a beating and hold an edge really well. Helle knives have a really good reputation. Jeff G, who posts here, knows more about them; when He sees this hopefully he'll verify what I've found out about them.
