Chef's Cleaver with Kingwood

Product Description for Chef's Cleaver with Kingwood

Maker: Francisco Vaz (click to see more by this maker)
Price: $450.00
Item num: 107289
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 7.10 in.
Cutting edge length: 6.70 in.
Total length: 11.50 in.
Blade height (at heel): 2.70 in.
Blade thickness (near bolster): 0.11 in.
Blade thickness (at midpoint): 0.11 in.
Blade thickness (near tip): 0.10 in.
Item weight: 10.00 oz.
Shipment weight: 18.8 oz.
Blade: Hand forged 1084 carbon steel
Handle: Kingwood set on a full tang
Sheath: Zipper pouch
Description: This elegant Chinese-style cleaver is a tremendous knife. It is designed more as a tall chef's knife rather than to cut through red meat bones, though this style of knife is often used for medium-duty cleaving tasks like cutting chickens in half. It also makes easy work of chopping, slicing and dicing all sorts of vegetables and meats and is often used as a workhorse general use chef's knife.
Francisco Vaz lives in Rio Grande, Brazil. He has been making knives since 2017 and is a master of chef's knives. Each knife that he creates is a handmade, high performance work of art. He grinds all of his knives by hand without the use of jigs and believes heavily in making his knives by hand.
The hand forged 1084 carbon steel blade features a differential heat treatment. A transition line moves across the blade, showing the change from the softer, supportive spine, to the exceptionally hard cutting edge. The flat ground blade will effortlessly slice through foods. The top of the blade features a forge finish, helping food to be released from the side rather than sticking. Both the spine and choil are nicely rounded.
The rounded handle is kingwood. A true rosewood, kingwood is harvested from a small tree called Dalbergia Cearensis that is restricted to a small area in Brazil. Extremely rare, kingwood was famous for being used in the finest furniture in the world during the 17th century. It was often only sold to royalty.
Because this knife is made from carbon steel, we recommend using camellia oil to avoid rust and oxidation. Like other kitchen knives, this knife should not be put in a dishwasher.
Francisco Vaz chef's knives are tremendous high performance knife in the kitchen. This chef's knife is sure to become a kitchen favorite.


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