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5" Butter Knife - Ji Series (X08)

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A 5-inch butter knife with a real edge. The Ji X08 spreads cold butter, soft cheese and pate cleanly, then takes its place on the board with a 67-layer Damascus blade and an ebony wood handle. Full tang, made in Yangjiang, backed for life.

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67 Layers

Damascus Steel

Ebony Wood

Full Tang Handle

5" Blade

Spreads + Slices

Reach for this when you're putting together a cheese board and want to spread cultured butter onto a crispbread without tearing it. A butter knife doesn't need an edge. It needs a shape that spreads and lifts without gouging. This one does all three cleanly.

Built for the Board

The 5-inch blade is wide enough to carry a generous spread of soft cheese or whipped butter in one pass, and rounded enough at the tip to work the edge of a cracker without cracking it. It also handles pate and soft rillettes, anything with the texture of cold butter that a regular knife would drag through instead of spread. The Damascus cladding keeps it matching the rest of your Ji Series set on a table setting.

Ebony Handle, Full-Tang Build

Ebony is a dense, oily hardwood that stays dry and clean-looking after wiping down. The full-tang construction means the blade and handle feel like one piece in your hand, not a blade pushed into a socket. It's a small knife, but it doesn't feel cheap.

Specifications

Blade Steel: 67-layer Damascus with 12Cr18MoV core
Hardness: 60-62 HRC (Vacuum Heat Treated)
Blade Profile: 5-inch butter knife, rounded tip, spreading edge
Handle: Ebony wood, full-tang
Use: Spreading cultured butter, soft cheese, pate, and whipped spreads on cheese boards and at the table.
Series: Ji Series (X08)
Model: X08-HYD

Complete Your Set

Pair it with the Ji Series 8" Bread Knife for slicing the loaf, and the Ji Series 4" Paring Knife for cutting hard cheeses and fruit alongside your spread.

All our knives arrive in a beautiful, premium gift box that's ready to impress. (Whether it's for a very lucky cook, or just for you.)

Blade: 67 layers Damascus steel with 12Cr18MoV steel core
Hardness: 59-61 HRC
Heat treatment: vacuum heat treated
Blade length: 5 inches
Knife type: butter knife
Handle: ebony wood, full tang
Weight: 100g (knife), 229g total shipped
Box dimensions: 30.0 x 7.0 x 3.0 cm
Care: hand wash only, not dishwasher safe
Made in Yangjiang, China
Lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects

JI SERIES (X08)

The Damascus butter knife that earns a spot on the board

Most butter knives are an afterthought. This one isn't. The Ji X08 carries the same 67-layer Damascus blade and ebony handle as the rest of the series, sized down to 5 inches for spreading cold butter, soft cheese and pate without tearing the bread. It is the small piece that makes a serving board look finished.

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WHY THIS KNIFE

Built to spread, finished to show

Short and balanced for control over butter, cheese and spreads. The Damascus pattern flows edge to spine, so it looks the part on a cheese board or breakfast table, and the ebony handle keeps the weight in your hand where you want it.

67-layer Damascus
Ebony wood handle
Full tang
100g
Gift boxed

THE STEEL

67 layers over a hardened core

The blade is 67 layers of Damascus steel folded around a 12Cr18MoV core, then vacuum heat treated to 59-61 HRC. The pattern is forged into the steel, not etched on top, so it is structural rather than cosmetic. The hardened core holds a working edge while the outer layers give the blade its flowing grain.

Specification

The details.

TypeButter Knife

Blade length127mm

Weight100g

Steel12Cr18MoV

Cladding67-layer Damascus

Hardness59-61 HRC

Edge angle15° degrees per side (slicing knives); bone chopper is 27 degrees per side

HandleEbony Wood

Made inChina (Yangjiang)

Hand-wash only — not dishwasher safe.

IN THE HAND

Ebony, full tang, 100 grams

The handle is solid ebony wood over a full tang, so the steel runs the length of the knife for balance and strength. At 100 grams it sits light and controlled for spreading, with the weight set where your fingers meet the bolster. Hand wash and dry it, and the ebony stays dark and the Damascus stays clean.

The difference

Why this knife

Ji X08 Damascus butter knife

67-layer Damascus over a 12Cr18MoV core
Solid ebony wood handle, full tang
Forged pattern, structural not etched
Matches the Ji series on the board
Lifetime warranty against defects

A generic stainless spreader

Single sheet of soft stainless
Moulded or hollow handle
Printed or no pattern
Looks like cutlery, not a tool
Replace it when it bends

In the box

Everything it comes with.

1x Ji X08 5" Damascus butter knife
Gift box
Lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects

Arrives ready to gift.

Ji Series

Ready when you are.

JI SERIES (X08)

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FAQs

Is the Damascus real or just a coating?

It is real. The blade is 67 layers of Damascus steel forged around a 12Cr18MoV core, so the pattern runs through the steel and is structural, not a printed or etched finish.

Can I use it as a regular knife?

It is built as a butter knife for spreading butter, soft cheese and pate, and for finishing a cheese or serving board. For everyday slicing and chopping you want a chef or santoku from the range instead.

What is the handle made of?

Solid ebony wood over a full tang, so the steel runs the full length of the knife for balance and strength.

Where is it made?

Yangjiang, China, the city long known as the centre of Chinese knife making. Xinzuo forges and finishes the Ji series there.

Can it go in the dishwasher?

No. Hand wash and dry it to protect the Damascus blade and keep the ebony handle in good condition.

What warranty does it come with?

A lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects. It also arrives in a gift box, ready to give.

How heavy is it?

The knife weighs 100 grams, which keeps it light and controlled for spreading. Shipped weight including the gift box is 229 grams.