Handmade from scratch using lumber mill circular saw steel (8670 carbon tool steel). Steel is reground, oil heat treated, tempered and etched. The steel is very similar to our Moms dark kitchen knives that worked so well, easy to sharpen and gets really sharp. A classy set!
A pleasure to use, please see my Testimonials page.
Chefs knife is 10.75 inches over all, cutting edge is 6.25 inches long, the paring is 8.5 inches over all, cutting edge 4 inches.
Handles are Macassar ebony, beautifully grained, from Southeast Asia, red liners with copper pins.
Sheath is heavy weight leather, tooled and custom for this set. Includes sharpening strop, see Sharpening on my Knife Care page.
