This line says class! By adding stainless steel bolsters the wow factor gets amped up. This chef knife has traditional good looks while utilizing modern steel and highest quality wood available. This series is bang for the buck.
Series Overview
When Steve Watkins set out to design the Chef de cuisine line he wanted to make a chef knife that had very traditional good looks but was literally using cutting edge (no pun intended) materials.
Like a great meal a great knife needs a great recipe. Steve starts with O1 carbon tool steel. This steel makes excellent knives! O1 is a through hardening steel with has a long heat treat window. What does that mean? It is easy to harden…really hard. The finished hardness is 61-62 rockwell. This rockwell (measure of steel hardness) will get scalpel sharp and retain the edge for a long time. Next Steve fabricates and fastens stainless steel bolsters (the piece of steel between the blade and wood). This adds a little weight for balance and a lot of sexy! Next Steve attaches stabilized maple handles. Stabilization keeps the wood from shrinking and expanding which prevents cracking. Lastly he blast finishes the blade. A process that removes all machine marks. It’s a small thing that adds beautiful satin finish to the blade. No retailers are doing hand finishing. Finally Steve wraps these chef knives in a beautiful wood sheath, this pulls it all togather and adds protection to the sharp edge.
Want Custom?
If you’re interesting in collaborating with Steve Watkins on a fully personalized, custom knife check out Steve’s Collaborative work or call 704-207-9559 or email Steve at steve@ironmanknives.com.
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