This WAYO features a 26C3 steel core, a high carbon steel sometimes nicknamed 'Spicy White' for its similarities to Hitachi White Paper steel, combined with a little extra alloy content for improved hardenability and edge retention. The cladding wrought iron, etched to reveal the natural banding and texture of the material. The cast bolster cap has been made from self-cast silicon bronze and fitted to a spalted London Plane handle. Usually pale in colour, the London Plane on this WAYO handle has taken on a much darker tone, with the lighter figuring creating an almost inverted contrast to what would be a type handle with this wood.