This large Performance Series chefs knife is forged from a favorite kitchen knife steel that we’ve tested and loved in our own kitchen for many years. The high performance steel blade features a hammer-textured spine with a HWF signature handle construction: a full tang bolster imparts a stout feel while the majority hidden tang adds to the comfort and ease of maintenance while shedding weight. Bevels are polished to an easy-to-maintain satin, rounded choil and spine for comfort. Handle is purple streaked sycamore (the same stuff I was milling when I slipped into the band saw with my left hand a couple years ago), with a rainbow of spacers, micarta bolster and bronze pins.

• size: 8 3/4” blade / 14 1/2” overall / 2 3/16” @ heel

• weight: 203 grams

• blade: 26C3 carbon steel

• handle: stabilized sycamore (gift from C. Buchanan) Jonesborough, TN, rainbow G10 & micarta, bronze hardware