This popularly sized performance chefs knife features a forge-textured spine with a durable kuroichi finish and a rainbow of torch temper colors - a finish reminiscent of trout, inspired by the rivers and creeks of beautiful east Tennessee. Bevels are polished to an easy-to-maintain satin. The full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight. Features sycamore that I was processing in June 2024 when I clipped my hand on the bandsaw and beautiful spalted maple from Asheville with a bocote spacer.

• size: 8 1/4” blade / 13 1/2” overall / 2” @ heel

• weight: 178 grams

• blade: 26C3 carbon steel, trout finish

• handle: stabilized spalted Maple (Asheville, NC), bocote, stabilized golden sycamore (gift from C. Buchanan) Jonesborough, TN