These are the carbon steel versions of our 3rd cook's knife design, Florentine Three. The steel we use in this one is NJ Steel Baron's 52100, a high carbon steel with excellent edge retention and toughness. A beautifully balanced steel, originally used and developed as a ball baring steel for aviation purposes it has proved to be a great kitchen knife steel and it only improved over the years with the advances made in heat treatment technology. Being a carbon steel it requires maintenance to keep it from developing corrosion. We have added and initial layer of protection by forcing a patina on the blade which will darken and develop over time.

About the design process: This time I went back to my original thoughts about what a western cook's knife should be, which in my eyes is as versatile as possible, has a good weight and balance with a grip that fills your hand and with a nice "rocking" curve on the edge. This is basically a take on my first knife using the tools I now have. This knife sits pretty high on the cutting board and you might find it especially comfortable at first or it might take a few days of getting used to, it's about 3-7mm wider than most chef knives which doesn't sound like much but it changes the angle of your wrist quite a bit and is mostly designed for pinch grippers like myself. This time we used steels which are much easier to sharpen but as hard as the Florentine One with great edge retention. We ground the blade flat from top to bottom as opposed to the original version and we made it much thinner, especially behind the edge. The result is a beautifully balanced knife which is both aggressive and agile and i'm sure you would enjoy it very much.

Blade length: 200mm

Blade width: 57mm

Overall length: 340mm

Weight: 250gr

Steel: 3mm 52100 Carbon steel

Handle: Stabilized leather, Mixed woods, Mixed Micarta, Brass and Stainless steel discs, Brass Bolster and Pommel.

Finish: Forced patina Matt

Hardness: 62-63 HRC HT and Cryo

Edge: 50/50