Oliva Elité boasts an exquisite natural, Italian olive wood handle in the popular molded, forged Elité knife lines series. The highly figured, beautiful golden brown handle provides a secure ergonomic grip with an unsurpassed balance. The blade, bolster and tang are one-piece, hot-drop forged from a single billet of the finest German steel alloy. Oliva Elité knives are handcrafted one at a time, using the same techniques that have been the hallmark of fine German made cutlery for hundreds of years. Oliva Elité knives are of heirloom quality and simply the best original forged knife made in Solingen, Germany.