Integral Chef

To maintain something like a visual and haptic consistency, the design of the integral bolster was directly taken over from my typical hidden tang handles, resulting in a slightly raised bolster - not aligned with the blade spine as it would be more common for an integral blade construction. This not only results in a unique looking knife but also adds a few extra millimeters between the users knuckles and the cutting board.

The blade was hand-forged from 30mm round stock of 1.3505 ball bearing steel with an aggressiv spine taper right out of the bolster that then quickly changes into a rather fine geometry all the way to the needle like tip which is finished with a “Walkschliff” grind. The overall thinly forged blade also leads to a relatively low weight of only 222 grams, which is quite light for an integral knife of this size. As with most of my knives I would put this blades geometry somewhere into the “userfriendly” to “laser” category.

The blade bevels are ground convex to a very fine edge which easily bends over a fingernail on the entire length.

The take down handle is made from a piece of durable, high quality canvas micarta combined with a 4mm spacer of Fatcarbons golden Dark Matter and vulcanized fibre liners. A solid 8mm titanium bolt and two alignment pins are connecting the handle to the bolster of the blade.

HOW TO BUY

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