The blade was made by my wife’s uncle who passed a long time ago. We think he used a power hacksaw blade. Anyway this thing is certainly not stainless but it sure holds an edge. I’m very careful to dry it right away and it just has a nice brown patina.
I’ve used it to slice tomatoes for years by laying it sideways on the cutting board and cutting through the tomato horizontally. A year ago, the wood handle got bad so I made a new one. I made the two scales different thicknesses since I mostly slice tomatoes with it. One side is 3/16” and the other is 1/4” so I can get two different thicknesses.